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Five ways that Trump is undermining environmental protections under the cover of coronavirus

While the world focuses on the pandemic, the United States is adopting controversial policies at the Environmental Protection Agency.
  1. Jeff Tollefson
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) turns 50 this year, but scientists and environmentalists see little reason to celebrate. In the middle of a global pandemic that is making world leaders scramble to protect citizens and restart economies, the agency’s leadership is pressing forward with controversial efforts to roll back environmental regulations and fundamentally alter the way in which science is used to craft policy.

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Nature 581, 17 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01261-4

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