{"id":12853,"date":"2021-01-25T18:23:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=154392"},"modified":"2021-01-25T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:23:42","slug":"trumps-last-minute-attack-on-clean-air-faces-legal-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/25\/trumps-last-minute-attack-on-clean-air-faces-legal-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Last-Minute Attack on Clean Air Faces Legal Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON – Today, Earthjustice, on behalf of California Communities Against Toxics, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club, filed a challenge<\/a> to an eleventh-hour Trump Administration rule<\/a> that undermines the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s ability to protect air quality and public health. Under the regulation, the EPA will be required to prepare an extensive cost-benefit analysis before proposing any significant protections under the Clean Air Act\u2014even when Congress has prohibited the EPA from considering costs.<\/p>\n While the Trump Administration spuriously claimed that the rule is a good-government measure, it would in fact do significant harm by minimizing the non-monetary benefits of air-quality protections, such as reductions in mortality and chronic illness. The regulation poses a particular threat to low-income communities, whose health and well-being will be further marginalized as a result of the rule\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n