“The EPA is proposing to bury its head in the sand and ignore the mounting costs of climate change for all Americans,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes expressed in front of Environmental Protection Agency officials Tuesday, the start of the public comment period for the EPA’s proposal to revoke the “endangerment finding.”

“The proposed repeal is wrong on the science and it’s unlawful,” Mayes added.

Public health advocates, like Nissa Shaffi, who spoke on behalf of the Allergy & Asthma Network, warned of an increase in harmful air pollution that would exacerbate asthma and other health conditions, especially as the government is reducing spending on Medicaid and other affordable care programs.

More than 700 individuals – consisting of environmentalists, public health advocates, state

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