Making America Polluted Again

The document criticizes the Trump administration's "one in, two out" executive order, which Earthjustice claims is illegal and prioritizes corporate profits over public health. It highlights the role of the EPA in preventing pollution-related illnesses and argues that the economic and health benefits of environmental regulations far outweigh their costs to industry.

• The Trump administration's "one in, two out" executive order requires federal agencies to repeal two existing protections for every new protection issued and mandates that the net cost of new protections be zeroed out by eliminating at least two other rules.
• Public health benefits from environmental protections significantly outweigh industry costs, with some estimates suggesting a 3-to-1 ratio, or $9 in health benefits for every $1 spent.
• Data from the White House Office of Management and Budget indicates that over the last decade, the benefits of all major environmental rules have outweighed their costs by at least 2 to 1, and in some cases up to 14 to 1.
• Specific limits on arsenic and mercury pollution from power plants are estimated to prevent 11,000 premature deaths, 5,000 heart attacks, 130,000 asthma attacks, and 540,000 missed work days annually.

APA

Earthjustice (2017). Making America Polluted Again. https://earthjustice.org/article/making-america-polluted-again

Chicago

Earthjustice. Making America Polluted Again. 2017. https://earthjustice.org/article/making-america-polluted-again.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Earthjustice |title=Making America Polluted Again |date=8 March 2017 |url=https://earthjustice.org/article/making-america-polluted-again |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{earthjustice2017making, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Making America Polluted Again}}, publisher = {Earthjustice}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://earthjustice.org/article/making-america-polluted-again}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }