The proposal 'marks another point of progress in the EPA's return to its mission of putting people, not polluters, first.'
From 2011 to 2018, MATS had beenCurrent EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on Mondaythe proposal to reverse the Trump move by saying that agency does, in fact, have authority to regulate those toxins.
In a statement, the agency said that"the 2020 action was based on a fundamentally flawed interpretation of the Clean Air Act that improperly ignored or undervalued vital health benefits from reducing hazardous air pollution from power plants.
“Although reversing the insidious anti-health policies of the former Trump administration should be celebrated," said Cook,"it's a stark reminder of what happens when critical environmental safeguards are eviscerated and scientific consensus is rejected just to placate the coal industry.""The Trump administration's revocation of the 'appropriate and necessary' finding was based on an egregious manipulation of science to favor polluters," she said.
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