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Trump Seeks to Overturn Biden's Soot Standards

Was this an illegal Biden-era regulatory shortcut, or a life-saving health protection?
Trump Seeks to Overturn Biden's Soot Standards
Above: The Jim Bridger power plant in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Image credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The Spin

Republican narrative

Biden’s EPA illegally bypassed the required review process to rush through stricter soot standards without proper legal authority. In doing so, the agency violated decades of established procedure and imposed extraordinary costs through dodgy regulatory shortcuts. Accordingly, the courts must take urgent action to vacate this law before its deadline.

Democratic narrative

The Trump administration’s abandonment of soot standards is a deadly betrayal that prioritizes corporate profits over American lives. These standards would have prevented thousands of deaths and delivered billions in health benefits. This reckless move, by contrast, will only lead to worse health outcomes, a degraded environment and long-term economic harm.

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