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Trump Administration Weakens Coal Waste Rules in Latest Environmental Rollback

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:52:47
Publish Date: 2020-09-03 04:00:00
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This week, the EPA finalized its plan to ease federal rules governing the disposal of contaminated waste from coal-fired power plants. The rollback is the latest in a long series of Trump administration actions that have weakened or nullified major Obama-era environmental initiatives that tightened vehicle emissions standards, protected federal lands from fossil fuel drilling and set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. We’ll talk about Trump’s environmental record and its impact.

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