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Meredith Hankins

Meredith Hankins

Sep 18, 2026

15:43
What is the extent of the damage that they've been able to create so far, in your view?
15:50
Yes, it has been substantial.
15:52
And, you know, joking aside, the carelessness with which they're treating our environment and our public health really is shocking.
16:01
Just recently, or most recently this week, they proposed kind of disclaiming all authority over greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
16:11
And at the same time, they also finalized a repeal of the 2024 Biden era standards that would have reduced greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by up to 90%.
16:23
And I know I'm kind of throwing a lot of things around here, but I think I can get the point across with just a few numbers.
16:30
Yes.

12 MINS LATER

28:40
But on all these fronts, they're just picking away.
85:14
So start where you want with this mess that is the, uh, the EPA now under Trump.
85:20
Yes.
85:20
Thank you.
85:21
That, that is a lot to, to go through, but, you know, I think the, the, the biggest story right now is the Trump administration's repeal of what is known as the endangerment finding.
85:32
And this was a very straightforward, or so I thought, uh, scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare.
85:42
This was made back in 2009, and it's important, uh, because under the Clean Air Act, uh, EPA is obligated, has a responsibility, um, to protect us from pollution that they, uh, decide endanger human health and welfare.
85:56
So once a pollutant, EPA decides it endangers, then it's their job, uh, to regulate that pollutant.

5 MINS LATER

91:30
It, it, are there specific areas in which you can protect the environment or protect consumers or protect those that will be most harmed by this finding?

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