GreenLatinos Statement on Trump Administration Proposal to Dismantle the Clean Power Plan and Sacrifice the Health of Our Communities

GreenLatinos condemns the Trump Administration's Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule as a dangerous replacement for the Clean Power Plan. The organization highlights that the ACE rule's regulatory analysis predicted 300 to 1,500 additional deaths annually by 2030 due to increased air pollution. GreenLatinos emphasizes the disproportionate impact on Latinx and African American communities, noting that 40% of Latinos live within 30 miles of a power plant and Latinx children face a 40% higher likelihood of dying from asthma compared to non-Latinx white children.

• The Trump Administration's own regulatory analysis of the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule indicated that its implementation could result in 300 to 1,500 additional deaths per year by 2030 due to increased air pollution from dirty power development.
• The ACE rule is expected to disproportionately affect Latinx and African American communities, who face higher exposure to air pollutants. Specifically, Latinx children are 40% more likely to die from asthma than non-Latinx white children, and approximately 40% of Latinos live within 30 miles of a power plant.
• The ACE rule is characterized as a replacement for the Clean Power Plan, which served as the first and only federal limit on carbon pollution from power plants.

APA

Magaña, M. (2020). GreenLatinos Statement on Trump Administration Proposal to Dismantle the Clean Power Plan and Sacrifice the Health of Our Communities. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trump-administration-proposal-to-dismantle-the-clean-power-plan-and-sacrifice-the-health-of-our-communities/

Chicago

Magaña, Mark. GreenLatinos Statement on Trump Administration Proposal to Dismantle the Clean Power Plan and Sacrifice the Health of Our Communities. GreenLatinos, 2020. https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trump-administration-proposal-to-dismantle-the-clean-power-plan-and-sacrifice-the-health-of-our-communities/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{magaa2020greenlatinos, author = {Magaña, Mark}, title = {{GreenLatinos Statement on Trump Administration Proposal to Dismantle the Clean Power Plan and Sacrifice the Health of Our Communities}}, publisher = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2020}, month = aug, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trump-administration-proposal-to-dismantle-the-clean-power-plan-and-sacrifice-the-health-of-our-communities/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }