Donald Trump has been very adamant that one of his top priorities is to revive coal-fired power plants. The Environmentalist Protection Agency had previously limited how much mercury and toxins they could emit into the environment, but the administration has just recently loosened those limits.
In recent high-profile addresses to the public, most famously at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, Trump has emphasized that under his tenure he intends to remove the US from global climate policies. The president personally pointed to Russia and China, claiming that their air is “filthy,” and that it ultimately flows into American airspace and makes the US air dirty too.
