Trump administration rollbacks of Clean Air Act regulations and other policies will lead to heightened avoidable cancer risks, with Texas, Pennsylvania and California among the most vulnerable states, according to a new report by the Center for American Progress.
As the White House and EPA pursue a sweeping deregulatory agenda, “communities across the country will likely see higher levels of pollution and preventable cancer,” the liberal-leaning think tank said in the report released Monday.
Communities located near the approximately 170 power plants, chemical manufacturing operations and other industrial facilities granted two-year extensions by President Donald Trump to comply with stricter hazardous air pollutant regulations issued last year are especially vulnerable, the authors found.
Similarly in jeopardy are areas around some 400 coal- or natural-gas-fired power plants projected to run more “as environmental protections and clean energy incentives are stripped away,” according to the report.
