E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The New York Times reported that the Environmental Protection Agency would cease to calculate the negative health impacts of air pollution in its future rulemaking process and only consider industry costs.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 09:32 AM | 27 COMMENTS | permalink

Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Jan 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM

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... the Environmental Protection Agency would cease to calculate the negative health impacts of air pollution in its future rulemaking process and only consider industry costs. ...

Once again, Pres Trump apparently shows that he does not care about the people of the United States, only the wealthy corporate owners.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-12 03:20 PM

Full speed ahead on growing pedo 47's already ginormous body count.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-12 05:44 PM

I remember back in the day, when I was a child, going outside and having my eyes start to burn from the air. I also remember looking that the horizon and seeing that the sky near the horizon was brown. We used to cal that the ring around the horizon.

That seems to be where Pres Trump wants to bring the United States.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-12 08:11 PM

Polluting is Cheaper.

The Oligarchs need MORE.

Big Daddy is Eager to make life Cheaper for his "Peeps".

They will be grateful.

That's It. In a Nutshell.

Gratitude.

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-13 12:04 AM

Anyone here starting to think that Donald Trump doesn't care if you get sick and die?

What took you so long?

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-13 09:43 AM

The Cult will willingly and happily drink his pollution Kool-Aide so long as it makes them feel superior to people who disagree with them.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-13 09:59 AM

Republicans are the Pro-Life Party.
--Republicans

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-13 10:21 AM

NYT is truly fake news.

#8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 11:56 AM

NYT is truly fake news.

#8 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

The Nazis hostility to the environment and the health and safety of their own citizens is well known.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-13 12:00 PM

NYT is truly fake news.

#8 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Why? Because Trumpy says so?

The New York Times is generally considered a highly reliable and accurate news source (by normal humans).

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-13 12:06 PM

JH Christ!

#11 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-13 12:23 PM

Instead, profits derived.

#12 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-13 12:24 PM

"The New York Times is generally considered a highly reliable and accurate news source (by normal humans).

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-13 12:06 PM | Reply | Flag:"

Trust in the MSM, which NYT is definitely a part of, is at historic all-time lows. And it's 100% self-inflicted.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 12:59 PM

Trust in the MSM, which NYT is definitely a part of, is at historic all-time lows. And it's 100% self-inflicted.

#13 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Why do you bother?

When it's so easy to debunk your maga lies.

The lack of trust in American media is NOT solely attributable to any single cause.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-13 02:07 PM

#14

#95 Just like onepigironheaded smoothbrainaut (25 plonks) refuses to take responsibility for his lies, I would expect no less from this new character.

Lie and leave.

Or lie and then deny.

But mostly, they lie, they're proven wrong, then they repeat the lie, ad nauseum.

And when called on it? When shown indisputable proof of their lies (like this)?

They repeat the lie, again, ad nauseum.

It is as if they have no independent thought whatsoever.

Cult-like, as it were.

#97 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-12 08:44 PM

#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 02:15 PM

#13 bell boi thinks decades of rightwingnuts calling the so-called MSM (actually corporate-owned media) "fake," means it is 100% self-inflicted.

Sort of like the wife beater who, every time he beats her, tells her it is her own fault.

I suspect bell boi is very, very familiar with that scenario.

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 02:20 PM

Their loss of trust is 100% self inflicted.

Lefties like you are hideously excuse driven, incapable of introspection and shirking of any and all personal responsibility.

#17 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 02:32 PM

#17 bell boi thinks decades of rightwingnuts calling the so-called MSM (actually corporate-owned media) "fake," means it is 100% self-inflicted.

Sort of like the wife beater who, every time he beats her, tells her it is her own fault.

I suspect bell boi is very, very familiar with that scenario.

#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 02:33 PM

#17 ...shirking of any and all personal responsibility."

You mean like this:

Well, onepigironheaded smoothbrainaut (25 plonks), are you ever going to take personal responsibility for your own lies ? ? ? ?

Personal responsibility, like that, bell boi?

#19 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 02:34 PM

"Their loss of trust is 100% self inflicted."

Again. It's simple math.

It's not possible to be "%100 self inflicted" when it is the result of a complex interaction of factors involving both the media's actions and the public's evolving media consumption habits and the political environment.

So.. You lie. Your lies are easily debunked. So you lie harder.

That's your thing.

But you ain't fooling anyone but yourself.

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-13 02:45 PM

#20 Thanks, Donnerboy.

100% spot-on, if you will.

#21 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 02:53 PM

Re 21

What can I say except, "You're welcome"
For the tides, the sun, the sky
Hey, it's okay, it's okay
You're welcome!
I'm just an ordinary demi-guy ...

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-13 02:57 PM

#22 :-)

#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 02:59 PM

#20 They have cratered their own credibility and have done so methodically.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 04:24 PM

#24 bell boi thinks decades of rightwingnuts calling the so-called MSM (actually corporate-owned media) "fake," means it is 100% self-inflicted.

Sort of like the wife beater who, every time he beats her, tells her it is her own fault.

I suspect bell boi is very, very familiar with that scenario.

#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 04:26 PM

#24 As the wife beater continually beats his wife, he keeps telling her, over and over again, "You have cratered your own credibility, b****"

And he does so methodically.

But, according to bell boi, in this scenario, the beaten woman got what she deserved 100%.

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 04:30 PM

Their loss of trust is 100% self inflicted.
#17 | Posted by BellRinger

You mean like when Fox News sued for the right to lie?
What media do you consider trustworthy? Name a few.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-13 04:41 PM

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