How Trump environmental rollbacks could increase pollution in Florida

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The administration announced it would ax rules curbing pollution from power plants, cars and more.

In a sweeping announcement, Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Lee Zeldin last week proclaimed that the federal government would roll back 31 bedrock environmental regulations. The agency called it the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history” and said it would lower costs for American families.

If the agency follows through on this pledge, it could alter protections for fragile Florida wetlands and scale back rules that keep the state’s air and water clean. The administration is also targeting multiple regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to the climate change that Floridians have already begun to experience.

Environmental advocates said it amounted to nothing less than an unprecedented abandonment of the agency’s mission to protect the natural world — and the public — from pollution.

“Florida is just bound to get hit the hardest, with the climate emergency we’re having,” said Raul Garcia, vice president of policy and legislation at the environmental law firm Earthjustice. He pointed to last year’s catastrophic hurricane season in which storms were supercharged by an unusually hot Gulf of Mexico, plus the state’s property insurance crisis.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2025/03/21/trump-epa-rollback-florida-evs-power-plant-wetlands-pollution/

Exactly how does this make America great again?

Trump's appointees have been put into place to destroy the agencies, their policies, and their legacies -- with the wholehearted support of Republican quislings.