President Trump made the case Monday that he has protected the nation’s air and water in a speech filled with cherry-picked statistics and misleading claims. Left unaddressed were his effort to weaken environmental standards by rolling back regulations and his record of putting former industry executives and lobbyists in key policymaking positions. What Mr. Trump Said“One of the main messages of air pollution, particulate matter is six times lower here than the global average.”This is misleading. But Mr. Trump is including years of progress that took place under his predecessors. Of the six “criteria” air pollutants tracked by the Environmental Protection Agency, four actually increased in 2017, Mr. Trump’s first year in office: carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and two measures of particulate matter pollution.

Source: International New York Times July 09, 2019 01:18 UTC