Climate Changed
Trump’s EPA Says More Americans Will Die Under Its Power-Plant Rollback
- Shift could cause 1,630 more premature deaths a year by 2030
- EPA says it addresses health impacts in separate actions
Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says its proposal to relax greenhouse gas limits on power plants will cause as many as 1,630 additional premature deaths annually by 2030 from heart and lung disease -- an estimate independent experts say may be low.
The projection is contained in a 289-page technical document accompanying the agency’s proposal to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan that was released Tuesday.