Five ways that Trump is undermining environmental protections under the cover of coronavirus

While the world focuses on the pandemic, the United States is adopting controversial policies at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Five ways US environmental protections are vanishing under the cover of coronavirus

While the world focuses on the pandemic, the United States is adopting controversial policies at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which could hamstring future administrations’ attempts to craft health and environmental safeguards. Nature looks at three recent decisions and two pending policy changes that could have a lasting impact. “Rather than focusing on protecting public health, EPA is on a misguided mission to protect the profits of regulated industries,” says environmental engineer Christopher Frey.

Nature | 6 min read