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Following Trump’s Lead, some GOP States Seek to Limit Environmental Regulations
The bill limits Alabama agencies from enacting pollution limits stricter than federal rules unless tied to clear scientific proof of harm, aligning with a broader GOP deregulatory trend.
- Some Republican state legislators are seeking to restrict their state's ability to set environmental regulations stricter than federal standards.
- Alabama passed a law preventing state agencies from setting pollution restrictions exceeding federal rules, requiring direct links between emissions and bodily harm to humans.
- Environmental groups said the Alabama law would cripple the state's ability to respond to environmental and health risks, calling it a "blank check to businesses" that sacrifices human health.
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Following Trump’s lead, some GOP states seek to limit environmental regulations
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some Republican legislators are looking to restrict their state's ability to set environmental regulations, a move that comes as…
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Following Trump's lead, some GOP states seek to limit environmental regulations
Some Republican legislators are pushing to limit state environmental regulations. Alabama lawmakers approved legislation Tuesday limiting state agencies from adopting pollution rules stricter than federal standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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