Will Trump's Assault on Human Health Matter in Texas? - CleanTechnica

The article from CleanTechnica highlights the Trump administration’s aggressive rollback of environmental protections, particularly focusing on policies that increase pollution and harm human health, with a significant impact expected in Texas. Key actions include the anticipated elimination of the 2009 EPA “Endangerment Finding,” which scientifically established that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane endanger human health. Additionally, the EPA under Trump and Administrator Lee Zeldin is set to dismantle vehicle emission standards, weaken rules limiting mercury and toxic emissions from power plants, and extend deadlines for coal plants in Texas to reduce heavy metal water pollution. These moves collectively threaten to increase climate-warming pollution and exacerbate health risks for millions of Americans. Environmental advocates, such as representatives from the Sierra Club, emphasize that these policies prioritize the interests of fossil fuel industries over public health, leading to more extreme weather events, higher electricity costs, and increased mortality and illness. Texas, facing hurricanes, floods, droughts, fires, and grid instability, is particularly vulnerable