Letter: Back to smog-filled skies

Letter: Back to smog-filled skies

When I read that Trump ordered coal power plant emissions be exempted from EPA regulations, I was dismayed but not shocked by his actions. These rules have been reducing smog-filled air since the seventies. The emissions that will increase are…

Trump administration's coal exemptions are toxic to America

Another day, another deadly move that defies logic, morality and economic common sense.Last week, the Trump administration granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The move allows them to emit increased levels of hazardous pollutants like mercury, arsenic and lead.Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, particularly harmful to children and pregnant women, that causes developmental disorder…

Apache Generating Station in Cochise is one of 66 coal plants to get EPA exemption from Biden-era toxic air pollution caps

The Apache Generating Station in Cochise, just outside of Willcox, is one of the last remaining power plants in Arizona that use coal. And it's among 66 power plants nationwide granted exemptions by the Trump administration from updated standards on…

Poisoning our future: The Trump administration’s dangerous coal exemptions

Another day, another deadly move that defies logic, morality, and economic common sense. Last week, the Trump administration granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The move allows them to emit increased levels of hazardous pollutants like mercury, arsenic, and lead. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, particularly harmful to children and pregnant women, that causes developmental disord…

Dominion Among Utilities Allowed Exemption for Coal Emissions From Trump’s EPA

By Charles Paullin, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Dominion Energy is one of several utilities that received an exemption from stricter federal coal pollution reduction technologies under an order from the Trump administration that environmental groups call “farcical.” On Ap…