Deaths from coal pollution declined by 97% between 1999 and 2020 thanks to environmental rules. (Credit: Nady/Adobe Stock)

Plans to roll back dozens of environmental regulations could kill thousands and cost billions, according to an analysis from the Associated Press.

Earlier this year, Lee Zeldin, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced plans to get rid of more than 30 rules. He said the roll back would put “a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion” and create a new Golden Age for the American economy.

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