Marylanders Will Suffer from Repealing Clean Air Regulations

Environmental advocates say Trump administration rollbacks of EPA Clean Air Standards will let coal companies put more pollutants in the air.  The Sierra Club says reversing changes made in 2024 to enhance Obama-era standards would pump 50% more mercury pollution into the air.  Patrick Drupp with Sierra says the move puts coal company profits over people…

 

 

“Increasing dangerous pollution like mercury, lead, arsenic, causes brain damage in babies, infants, fetuses. They cause cancer. Then you’ve got these acid gases that cause cardiovascular and lung diseases.”