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Because the U.S. was making TOO MUCH progress in the effort to save the planet and fight climate catastrophe.
Way to go Trump voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html
June 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday replaced former President Barack Obama’s effort to reduce planet-warming pollution from coal plants with a new rule that would keep plants open longer and undercut progress on reducing carbon emissions.
The rule represents the Trump administration’s most direct effort to protect the coal industry. It is also another significant step in dismantling measures aimed at combating global warming, including the rollback of tailpipe emissions standards and the planned withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
If the Supreme Court ultimately upholds the administration’s approach to pollution regulation, it would shut down a key avenue that future presidents could use to address climate change. Under the Trump administration’s interpretation, the agency only has authority over environmental infractions at individual plants, like chemical spills and improper handling of hazardous materials.
The new rule, which is expected to come into effect within 30 days, pretends it assumes that the forces of the market will guide the country to a future of cleaner energy by naturally phasing out coal over time.
Mr. Holmstead said of the new Trump rule, “I think it really will tie the hands of future administrations.”
Environmental groups say the Trump rule will slow the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at a time when scientists warn that countries must rapidly decarbonize to avoid the most severe effects of climate change, including heat waves, extreme storms, droughts and floods.
Mr. Wheeler also said the rule could lead to new coal plants in the United States. Mr. Wheeler did not mention that carbon emissioins rose in 2018 and are on track to continue growing this year. Scientific and environmental organizations maintain that the Trump rule will cause emissions to rise compared with what the Clean Power Plan would have done.
According to a joint study produced last year by Harvard University, Syracuse University and Resources for the Future, a research organization, 18 states and the District of Columbia would see higher greenhouse emissions from the Trump rule. In 19 states, pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would rise.
An early Trump administration analysis of its own plan also found that it would lead to hundreds more premature deaths and hospitalizations because of that increased air pollution.
On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, issued a new analysis that estimated, based on established E.P.A. methods of calculating the harm from pollution and industry trends, that the new plan could lead to as many as 5,200 premature deaths annually by 2030.
Don't any of you have children?
Way to go Trump voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html
June 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday replaced former President Barack Obama’s effort to reduce planet-warming pollution from coal plants with a new rule that would keep plants open longer and undercut progress on reducing carbon emissions.
The rule represents the Trump administration’s most direct effort to protect the coal industry. It is also another significant step in dismantling measures aimed at combating global warming, including the rollback of tailpipe emissions standards and the planned withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
If the Supreme Court ultimately upholds the administration’s approach to pollution regulation, it would shut down a key avenue that future presidents could use to address climate change. Under the Trump administration’s interpretation, the agency only has authority over environmental infractions at individual plants, like chemical spills and improper handling of hazardous materials.
The new rule, which is expected to come into effect within 30 days, pretends it assumes that the forces of the market will guide the country to a future of cleaner energy by naturally phasing out coal over time.
Mr. Holmstead said of the new Trump rule, “I think it really will tie the hands of future administrations.”
Environmental groups say the Trump rule will slow the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at a time when scientists warn that countries must rapidly decarbonize to avoid the most severe effects of climate change, including heat waves, extreme storms, droughts and floods.
Mr. Wheeler also said the rule could lead to new coal plants in the United States. Mr. Wheeler did not mention that carbon emissioins rose in 2018 and are on track to continue growing this year. Scientific and environmental organizations maintain that the Trump rule will cause emissions to rise compared with what the Clean Power Plan would have done.
According to a joint study produced last year by Harvard University, Syracuse University and Resources for the Future, a research organization, 18 states and the District of Columbia would see higher greenhouse emissions from the Trump rule. In 19 states, pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would rise.
An early Trump administration analysis of its own plan also found that it would lead to hundreds more premature deaths and hospitalizations because of that increased air pollution.
On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, issued a new analysis that estimated, based on established E.P.A. methods of calculating the harm from pollution and industry trends, that the new plan could lead to as many as 5,200 premature deaths annually by 2030.
Don't any of you have children?
