Policies Behind EPA Public Hearing in Chicago to Rollback Obama’s Clean Power Plan, Protester Cries at EPA’s Chicago Hearing to Repeal Obama’s Clean Energy Plan, Global Notes: “Indigenous People’s Day” Marked in Chicago Powwow
By Worldview Staff
In this Aug. 23, 2018 photo, American Electric Power’s John Amos coal-fired plant in Winfield, W.Va., is seen from the town of Poca across the Kanawha River. President Donald Trump picked West Virginia where he announced rolling back pollution rules for coal-fired power plants. But he didn’t mention that the northern two-thirds of West Virginia, with the neighboring part of Pennsylvania, would be hit hardest. John Raby / AP Photo
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In this Aug. 23, 2018 photo, American Electric Power’s John Amos coal-fired plant in Winfield, W.Va., is seen from the town of Poca across the Kanawha River. President Donald Trump picked West Virginia where he announced rolling back pollution rules for coal-fired power plants. But he didn’t mention that the northern two-thirds of West Virginia, with the neighboring part of Pennsylvania, would be hit hardest. John Raby / AP Photo
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Policies Behind EPA Public Hearing in Chicago to Rollback Obama’s Clean Power Plan, Protester Cries at EPA’s Chicago Hearing to Repeal Obama’s Clean Energy Plan, Global Notes: “Indigenous People’s Day” Marked in Chicago Powwow
By Worldview Staff
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On Today’s Show:
- The Trump administration held its first public hearing on its Affordable Clean Energy plan in Chicago on Oct. 1.
- Protesters wearing shirts that read, “Stop killing us” gathered outside of the meeting demanding the EPA hold businesses accountable for carbon pollution.
- In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, on today’s Global Notes, we’ll play contemporary indigenous music from across nations and genres.