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Rep. Francis Rooney is the rare House Republican who sees carbon taxes as a solution to global warming — so much so that the Florida lawmaker plans to introduce a second measure tomorrow that would impose a new fee on carbon emissions.
Industrial pollution is a risk factor in the era of COVID-19. But an oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., poses a heightened threat to residents: It has some the nation's highest annual emissions of cancer-causing benzene after a decade of slack government oversight.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
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Industrial pollution is a risk factor in the era of COVID-19. But an oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., poses a heightened threat to residents: It has some the nation's highest annual emissions of cancer-causing benzene after a decade of slack government oversight.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
By Maxine Joselow in Climatewire