Ignoring Scientists’ Advice, Trump’s EPA Rejects Stricter Air Quality Standard

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By Marianne LavelleApr 15, 2020, 5:00 am217 pts
The decision flies in the face of large-scale studies that indicated tightening the standard would save tens of thousands of lives. By Marianne Lavelle Sweeping aside a broad body of evidence that air pollution is killing as many as 52,100 Americans prematurely each year, the Trump administration on Tuesday…

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