Pennsylvania Town Faces Fallout From Trump’s Environmental Rule Rollback By Stephanie Armour and Maia Rosenfeld April 13, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/clairton-pennsylvania-us-steel-make-america-healthy-again-maha-coal-coke/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YfxpDoQ9VSJRGeJrdB-2c1rK79GEfMClRRNTdSVs5ZqqGU54XVsoJvBBC2BV_MPX2csqdUBOvkuZHe8G-pNLD-V_fQA&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Pennsylvania Town Faces Fallout From Trump’s Environmental Rule Rollback North America’s largest coke plant hugs the west bank of Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River, belching out emissions from turning superheated coal into a carbon-rich fuel. Researchers say the children at Clairton Elementary School about a mile away pay the price. They discovered the students there and at other elementary schools near major pollution sites in Pennsylvania had higher asthma rates than other children in the state. (Armour and Rosenfeld, 4/13)