Trump EPA Approves Weaker Regional Haze Plans
In 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump reversed earlier objections and approved state regional haze plans, including West Virginia’s, without requiring coal plants to evaluate additional pollution controls. Conservation groups say the change lowers compliance standards and threatens visibility improvements at more than 150 national parks and wilderness areas; the Sierra Club, NPCA and Earthjustice have sued the agency.
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- Read OriginalTrump’s EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warnwinnipegfreepress.com
