TRUMP POLLUTION RULES ARE 'DECLARATION OF WAR’

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TRUMP POLLUTION RULES ARE 'DECLARATION OF WAR’, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SAYS AFTER THREAT OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS REVEALED


The Democratic lawmaker took to Twitter on Tuesday, reacting to a New York Times report that the EPA's newest pollution standards could cause 1,400 premature deaths per year due to increased emissions from coal power. Brown compared the move to launching a full-scale war, but wrote that ultimately "truth and common sense will triumph over Trump’s insanity."

The Trump administration made public the details of its newest pollution rules governing coal-burning power plants on Tuesday. The legislation, called the Affordable Clean Energy rule, rolls back Obama-era efforts that sought to close more coal-burning plants and find ways to use cleaner energy sources like wind and solar power. The coal plants are one of the leading producers of greenhouse gases and emit high levels of carbon dioxide, which scientists say has contributed to global warming and climate change.

But the most controversial aspect of the legislation came in the fine print, where the EPA acknowledged that the plan would increase carbon emissions enough to cause up to 1,400 premature deaths every year.

An analysis of the Trump plan included a section that detailed how the regulations would harm human health, as opposed to benefiting it. The federal agency predicted that this new plan will cause somewhere between 470 and 1,400 premature deaths per year by 2030. The deaths will likely be caused by an increase in air pollution that can cause heart and lung diseases.



https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pollution-rules-declaration-war-deaths-1083350

[Dan]

TRUMP POLLUTION RULES ARE 'DECLARATION OF WAR’, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

Sounds like Governor Moonbeam is the one declaring war with that rhetoric.

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But the most controversial aspect of the legislation came in the fine print, where the EPA acknowledged that the plan would increase carbon emissions enough to cause up to 1,400 premature deaths every year.