JANUARY 21 U.S. confirms first case of COVID-19. |
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JANUARY 30 World Health Organization declares Global Health Emergency. |
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FEBRUARY 29 Washington state reports the first COVID-19 related death in U.S. |
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MARCH 13 President Trump declares a national emergency. |
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MARCH 17 U.S. Covid-19 deaths reach 100. |
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MARCH 18 Wheeler publishes the Censored Science Supplemental Proposal, expanding his dangerous effort to restrict the agency’s use of science when setting public health protections. This would allow EPA to cast aside many widely accepted studies that demonstrate the harm of toxic chemicals and pollution as well as vital coronavirus research. |
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MARCH 26 U.S. leads the world in number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. |
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MARCH 26 Days after the American Petroleum Institute asked Wheeler to relax requirements, EPA claims “enforcement discretion” to allow polluters to violate certain environmental and health protections during the pandemic. |
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APRIL 5 Harvard releases new research showing the possible link between air pollution and higher death rates from COVID-19. |
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APRIL 11 U.S. COVID-19 deaths reach 20,000, the highest of any country in the world. |
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APRIL 14 Wheeler proposes not to strengthen standards for particulate matter, which is responsible for an estimated 850,000 deaths in the U.S. every year. |
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APRIL 16 Wheeler announces final action undermining the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards — safeguards implemented and in effect today that prevent up to 11,000 premature deaths and 130,000 asthma attacks among children each year. |