The EPA is moving to weaken regulations on radiation exposure. This comes after the Trump administration also proposed weakening rules on mercury emissions, which come from coal-burning power plants. Last month, the administration rolled back restrictions on methane emissions from oil and gas drilling.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Timothy Cama (@Timothy_Cama), energy and environment reporter for The Hill, about some of the environmental regulation rollbacks made since President Trump took office.
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