JUST POSTED: It has been 2 years since Trump era started. Hundreds of stories re EPA/Interior. BUT WHERE CAN WE SEE REAL IMPACT, HARM? The pollution of air & water? The illnesses? Where is it? NYT decided to take a very deep look. JOIN US ON THIS JOURNEY nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In CALIFORNIA, where more than 1/3 of the nation’s fruits and vegetables are grown, farm workers are being sickened by a pesticide the Obama administration moved to ban. But the Trump administration decided to keep on the market. COME VISIT nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In WEST VIRGINIA, water pollution pouring into an area river from coal mines &a power plant continue unabated, after Trump administration, bowing to industry, stopped two major new water pollution rules—one from the E.P.A. and one from Interior. COME VISIT nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In TEXAS, coal-burning power plants that had been facing an order to install new air pollution controls to reduce harmful emissions no longer face mandate. An estimated 300 people a year will die prematurely, one air pollution expert estimated. COME VISIT nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In NORTH DAKOTA, flaring and leaks of harmful methane gas have surged on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation—and a federal rule intended to limit such waste has been gutted by Trump-era Interior Department. COME VISIT nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Please take the time to read all of these pieces. And check out the special section in NYT on Thursday. This whole package is better to read in print. It is all there. Change is happening. We document it. @SteveEder @JohnBranchNYT
