"Trump’s New Economic Policy Plan Would Be Devastating To The Climate"

"It’s a laundry list of climate activists’ worst nightmares."

"If you’re a voter who cares about stopping climate change, you really need to read Donald Trump’s newest economic policy plan.

Released Thursday, the plan paints a bleak picture of climate action under a potential Trump presidency. It includes things like completely eliminating the Clean Power Plan, the United States’ most robust attempt at curbing dangerous greenhouse gas emissions from power sources. It would also eliminate the Waters of the United States rule, a rule that would protect millions of Americans from water pollution.

Trump would also slash the EPA’s new standards for ground-level ozone, meant to combat public health issues like asthma. Environmentalists were already disappointed with the stringency of the new standards — it’s hard to imagine they would be pleased with an administration eliminating them entirely."

Natasha Geiling reports for ThinkProgress September 15, 2016.

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