June 11th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The Trump Administration overturned the EPA’s rejection of West Virginia’s plan to lift limits on the amount of sulfur dioxide in the air. The Sierra Club shows that loosening those environmental rules on greenhouse gas and other chemicals may increase exposure to air and water pollution in the Mountain State, according to Chapter Director Honey May…

  

“We’re talking about asthma, we’re talking about emergency room visits, especially among the youngest and oldest. As the administration rolls these protections back, that’s what it’s going to amount to, is sick West Virginians. We don’t need rollbacks and deregulation. We need investment.”