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New EPA Rollback of Coal Pollution Regulations Takes Major Step Forward

"Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Monday signed a plan to weaken regulation of coal-fired power plants, advancing a proposal that the coal industry has hailed as an end to burdensome regulation and environmentalists have criticized as a retreat in the battle to address climate change."

Source: NY Times, 08/21/2018

Trump Keeps Trying To Kill Agency That Probes Chemical Plant Disasters

"On a warm morning in April, workers at a Wisconsin oil refinery were conducting a routine shutdown for maintenance. Suddenly, a gasoline cracking unit exploded, and the workers watched in horror as a huge fireball ripped through the plant. They ran for their lives, barely escaping the blast."

Source: Reveal, 08/20/2018

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