The Biden administration has restored the legal justification for regulating releases of toxic mercury from coal- and oil-fired power plants after the Trump administration made the rule easier to challenge in court. 

 

In 2020 the Trump administration undercut the legal basis for limiting emissions of mercury and other toxic substances like arsenic from the plants. 

 

 

The Trump administration did not change the substance of the rule itself, but made it more open to court challenges from industry. 

 

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3863431-epa-restores-legal-basis-for-coal-plant-pollution-regulations-undercut-by-trump/

It's not like the Mercury found in coal plant emissions is a potent neurotoxin... oh wait a minute...

And it's not like Trump appointed a former coal industry lobbyist and human-caused climate change denialist to head the EPA... oh wait another minute...

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 20233 yr by placeholder