there has been a string of explosive headlines this week about the president s legal troubles, but those troubles haven t altered one very important reality. donald trump, his cabinet, and republicans congress are still very much running the country and they are still very much using their power. on tuesday as the president was touting clean beautiful west virginia coal we learned his administration s move to weaken pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants that could also lead to as many as 1,400 premature deaths annually by 2030. that is according to trump s own epa analysis. 1,400 deaths every year. just yesterday we found out that betsy devos, the secretary of education, is considering using federal education grants meant
republicans congress are still very much running the country and they are still very much using their power. on tuesday as the president was touting clean beautiful west virginia coal we learned his administration s move to weaken pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants that could also lead to as many as 1,400 premature deaths annually by 2030. that is according to trump s own epa analysis. 1,400 deaths every year. just yesterday we found out that betsy devos, the secretary of education, is considering using federal education grants meant to help the poorest students in order to put guns in schools. and then there s the courts. senate republicans are moving full speed ahead to try to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court even though the president who nominated him is
here s what the american lung association says. half of all americans now live in counties with unhealthy air. you talk about regulatory overreach, but the question is, there are 166 million people living in unclean air, and you re going to remove some of the pollution restrictions which will make the air even worse. well, chris, a couple things. we re actually at pre-994 levels with respect to our co2 foot print. this country is doing far better than most across the globe. as you know also since 1980, we ve had a 65% reduction in those key air pollutions, particulate matter and to ozone while at the same time growing our economy. i think we ve adapted to and adopted this previous administration s view that if you re pro-jobs and pro-growth, you can t be pro-environment. if you re pro-environment, you can t be pro-growth and pro-jobs, and that s just simply chris: but, sir, if i may,
was in 2005. here s what the american lung association says. half of all americans now live in counties with unhealthy air. you talk about regulatory overreach, but the question is, there are 166 million people living in unclean air, and you re going to remove some of the pollution restrictions which will make the air even worse. well, chris, a couple things. we re actually at pre-994 levels with respect to our co2 foot print. this country is doing far better than most across the globe. as you know also since 1980, we ve had a 65% reduction in those key air pollutions, particulate matter and to ozone while at the same time growing our economy. i think we ve adapted to and adopted this previous administration s view that if you re pro-jobs and pro-growth, you can t be pro-environment. if you re pro-environment, you can t be pro-growth and pro-jobs, and that s just simply
was in 2005. here s what the american lung association says. half of all americans now live in counties with unhealthy air. you talk about regulatory overreach, but the question is, there are 166 million people living in unclean air, and you re going to remove some of the pollution restrictions which will make the air even worse. well, chris, a couple things. we re actually at pre-994 levels with respect to our co2 foot print. this country is doing far better than most across the globe. as you know also since 1980, we ve had a 65% reduction in those key air pollutions, particulate matter and to ozone while at the same time growing our economy. i think we ve adapted to and adopted this previous administration s view that if you re pro-jobs and pro-growth, you can t be pro-environment. if you re pro-environment, you can t be pro-growth and pro-jobs, and that s just simply