The Trump administration’s fierce burning approach to federal programs has dealt a huge blow to the U.S. environment, but experts say that abolishing hard-hit protection of clean air and water will also directly endanger Americans’ health and their wallets.
Two new reports from the Environmental Oversight Organization outline the government’s recent rollback of regulations, cutting climate plans and promoting production of fossil fuels will significantly increase the cost of living for millions and bring about hundreds of thousands of early deaths.
This contradicts the claims made by Trump and his allies, including Elon Musk and EPA Chief Executive Lee Zeldin, who are working to deceive the nation’s climate plans to reduce regulatory costs, lower taxes, and “power the great American comeback.”
Instead, the rollback of some key environmental safeguards in the United States could result in nearly 200,000 premature deaths over the next 25 years; more than 10,000 additional asthma attacks per day; according to a regulated industry that saves six dollars per dollar for every dollar. Recent Analysis From the Environmental Protection Network, a DC-based group consisting of more than 600 EPA workers.
“We’ve never seen a scale of attack like public health, especially at the EPA,” said Jeremy Symons, a senior consultant at EPN. “What shocked me is that these rollbacks will have a profound impact on the air we breathe, and the water we drink can be lost with all the other noise and chaos in Washington. It’s unsettling – outrageous – outrageous.”
Indeed, the country’s top environmental agency has been caught in a series of activities in recent weeks as the government hits its plans: Cancel grant funds,,,,, Close the officeruling workers and targeting projects aimed at air and water quality, electric vehicle infrastructure and curbing greenhouse gas emissions on the planet.
Announced changes include EPA’s plans Repeal or weaken 31 environmental regulationsincluding a bedrock principle known as “hazard discovery,” which affirms that carbon dioxide emissions pose a threat to human health and welfare.
Zeldin described the news in March as “the greatest and most important day of deregulation in American history.” EPN’s analysis found that it was huge cost: rolling up just over a dozen key environmental rules would eliminate $254 billion in public health and environmental benefits, and only $39 billion in savings.
“This is a full-scale attack on public health,” Simmons said, noting that the calculations are based on the EPA’s own data to endanger every rule.
According to one, some of the biggest injuries will come from efforts to reduce efforts to maintain safe air quality, such as rollback standards for smoke, soot, mercury and other harmful pollutants Separate report The Center for Progressive Public Policy Research Group released this week.
The report said that air pollution from burning fossil fuels is an average of $2,500 a year in medical expenses, with a total of $820 billion a year in the country. This includes emergency room visits that increase cardiovascular activity. The study found that particle pollution called PM 2.5 released by vehicles, industrial chimneys and wildfires can be attributed to as much as possible More than 200,000 people die every year.
Simmons said that due to long-term outcomes, such as cancer, it is difficult to quantify the estimated death to excessive EPA behavior and the estimated number of diseases.
However, even short-term exposure to PM 2.5 can lead to adverse health outcomes such as higher infant mortality, increased cardiovascular problems and childhood asthma.
“Americans deserve a government dedicated to protecting everyone from breathing clean air, drinking safe water and living in healthy communities, and this administration is rejecting that basic freedom,” said Cathleen Kelly, a senior researcher and one report author.
However, the EPA and the Trump administration are confiding forward.
“We can protect the environment and develop the economy at the same time,” agency spokesman Michael Nye wrote in a statement. “In fact, the greatest and most important day in U.S. history is a step towards ensuring that the EPA complies with the agency’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment and to the core mission of America’s comeback to take control.”
The White House has also announced plans to cancel the $20 billion climate award funded by the Biden administration and Biden administration Terminate at least 400 environmentally-related grants Designed to eliminate lead poisoning in children, improve air quality and reduce the health risks of calories and wildfires.
In addition, the EPA invited industrial polluters last week to demand exemptions from compliance with the Clean Air Act rules to limit emissions Just send an email – An environmental group that acted was seen as the “uncovered card” for the country’s large polluters. The Colstrip power plant in Montana is considered one of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the United States. Among those applying for a pass.
Not only is the air quality threatened. Trump officials hope to regain incentives from President Biden’s Landmark Climate Act, the Plessation Callation Act, aims to provide incentives for energy innovation and efficiency. According to the CAP report, doing so Increase household electricity costs Prices exceed $110 in 2026, threatening planned economic investments of more than $500 billion, and jobs decreased by $1 million in 2030.
Similarly, the government plans to cut funding for the Ministry of Energy and other agencies to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, including Rumored cuts are a major national initiative to develop hydrogen.
These cuts could significantly lower the U.S. clean energy targets, as the four cancelled “hydrogen hubs” programs will result in a 25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions accumulated annually, or about 5.5 million gas vehicles.
At the same time, the White House also tried to Approve new LNG terminals – This move will increase the U.S. reliance on fossil fuels and may increase household electricity bills by $100 per month.
The EPA downplays concerns about negative health and financial outcomes of its decisions.
“This is a very important change compared to the last administration’s attempt to shut down U.S. energy and make our citizens more dependent on foreign fossil fuels, resulting in poorer environmental outcomes around the world, billions of dollars of fresh funding to many of our country’s rivals, at the expense of all Americans, and the economic pain that it brings to all Americans,” Nye said in his statement.
Experts point out that due to air pollution in low-income and color communities, water quality issues and other climate hazard levels are disproportionate.
In particular, people of color are 3.7 times more likely than white communities, while black and Latino Americans are exposed to 56% and 63% soot pollutionThey were produced separately.
Despite this, the government Close its environmental justice department Many communities are counting on reducing pollution, preparing for worsening weather events and saving money on electricity bills, and canceling grants, the CAP report said.
Among the planned cancellations, there are funds specifically designed to help working-class communities remove lead from drinking water in homes and schools, increase canopies to help cooler communities, and improve homes to improve energy efficiency – including a program that will help more help you more Affordable solar energy for 900,000 households.
CAP’s Kelly said the combination of abolishing environmental protection and eliminating funding for the new program is equivalent to a “one or two punch” to the health and safety of the United States – putting lives at risk while increasing energy and health care costs.
She added that the Trump administration’s plan to cut the EPA budget by up to 65% would make it “impossible” for the agency to fulfill its mission to protect Americans’ air and water.
“There is really no reason to roll back these life-saving environmental protections,” she said.
