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Trump's EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn
Environmental regulators approved state plans that exempt about a dozen coal plants from stronger pollution controls, risking increased sulfur and smog in protected West Virginia areas.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin approved West Virginia's regional haze plan under a new visibility-based standard that allows states to forgo stricter controls if projections are met.
- The Trump administration's rollback agenda includes easing 31 landmark rules to reduce regulatory pressure on the fossil fuel industry, while the EPA continues taking public comments on softening the federal rule.
- West Virginia's plan left gaps at the plant level; about a dozen coal plants hadn't analyzed controls, and five plants were asked to evaluate, but only one complied.
- Conservation groups have sued the EPA, arguing the new policy lets West Virginia avoid pollution cuts and threatens Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains and Mammoth Cave parks.
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Trump’s EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state's national wilderness areas wasn't good enough because a dozen coal plants didn't analyze…
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Trump's EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn
Conservationists are warning that the Trump administration is working state by state to undo decades of progress in clearing skies over the country's beloved national parks.
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