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The #EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own #Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real #Emissions Are Far Worse.
by Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

..." Highlights
Unreliable Pollution Reports: For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable.
Real Pollution Levels: Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show.
Trump Halts New Rules: The Trump administration has halted rules requiring more than 130 industrial plants to install air monitors and comply with new emission standards."...