06/09/2025

EPA Seeks End to Requirement that Big Polluters Report Emissions

The current administration is permitting companies from protecting the environment

On the ceiling of Abbie Brockman's middle school English classroom in Perry County, Indiana, the fluorescent lights are covered with images of a bright blue sky, a few clouds floating by.

Outside, the real sky isn’t always blue. Sometimes, it is hazy, with pollution drifting from coal-fired power plants in this part of southwest Indiana. Knowing exactly how much, and what it may be doing to the people who live there, is why Brockman got involved with a local environmental organization that’s installing air and water quality monitors in her community.

"Industry and government is very, very, very powerful. It's more powerful than me. I'm just an English teacher," Brockman said. But she wants to feel she can make a difference.

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