Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed

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Oct 23, 2025, 4:10 pm430 ptsTop
When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring and inspecting industrial sites for pollution, and stopped enforcing environmental-protection laws, including…

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