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How Trump’s proposed cuts to the EPA could imperil the Pittsburgh region’s environment and public health

The Trump administration wants to gut funding for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental advocates say the deep cuts would drastically undermine protections for public health and the environment. But to what extent? And how would these cuts affect specifically Pennsylvania?