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Re: Trump Plans Severe Weakening of Mercury-Emissions Rules

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That will be fine with the [G]OP. They don't care about children and fetuses, as we have already discovered. It's the bit in the abortion discussion about controlling women which excites them.




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Trump ‘Plans Severe Weakening of Mercury-Emissions Rules’
By: clo
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Mon, 01 Oct 18 5:41 PM
Msg. 27154 of 54959

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Trump ‘Plans Severe Weakening of Mercury-Emissions Rules’

The Trump administration is planning to significantly weaken the government rules that control emissions of mercury—a toxic substance that belches from coal-burning power plants—The New York Times reports. The proposal wouldn’t get rid of mercury regulations entirely, but would reportedly allow Trump’s government to weaken it and potentially allow a total scrapping of the rules at in the future. The proposal is being spearheaded by Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who is now the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The weakening of the mercury rule would be a major victory for the coal industry as it’s considered the most costly regulation to implement. Mercury is known to damage the nervous systems of children and fetuses.

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