This story was lost a bit during all of the criminal stuff this week but it’s big. People will die because Trump will not reduce emissions.
President Trump's coal emissions rollbacks will be bad for the country's health, experts say https://t.co/NVi1wOUfB1 pic.twitter.com/H5MqeA8Dzp
— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2018
The Trump administration's rollback of the Clean Power Plan will increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and cause 1,400 premature deaths every year. What it's unlikely to do is stop the coal industry's precipitous economic decline, economists say https://t.co/O0jdN15VeF
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) August 24, 2018
JUST POSTED: The Trump E.P.A. Clean Power Plan Has a Dirty Little Secret of Sorts: It Makes it Easier for the Nation's Dirtiest Coal Plants to Keep Running (and Stay Dirty) https://t.co/m0JLW6BUkT
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 24, 2018
Even the coal industry’s shills in the Trump administration acknowledge their plan to roll back regulations on coal-burning power plants will increase carbon emissions and lead to up to 1,400 premature deaths annually – not to mention its negative effects on the planet. https://t.co/s07J09l1pu
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 21, 2018
Sad! 