If we lock in the 2020 standards, we're not getting as much emissions reductions as we otherwise would, and that translates into incrementally less protection of health and the environment.
Frank Pallone: “If we lock in the 2020 standards, we're not getting as much emissions reductions as we otherwise would, and that…”
On the recordJune 19, 2019
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Pallone criticized the rollback of emissions standards, linking it to public health risks.
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