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  "path": "/news/17022026/trump-epa-weakens-air-pollution-standards/",
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  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Justice & Health",
    "Politics",
    "air pollution",
    "Environmental Justice",
    "Environmental Protection Agency",
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    "Lee Zeldin",
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  "textContent": "Senate Democrats have launched an investigation into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in January to disregard human health impacts when calculating the costs and benefits of regulating the harmful air pollutants ozone and PM2.5. Led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., the Democrats last week sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin requesting documents […]",
  "title": "Senate Democrats Say Trump’s EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Pollution Standards"
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