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The estimated number of excess deaths and illnesses from the EPA’s actions are likely an undercount due to long-term outcomes, such as cancer, that are harder to quantify, Symons said.

Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, went so far as to call climate change a “religion” at a briefing in March, outlining steps his agency would undertake to deregulate.

Donald Trump’s EPA says coal plants and other industrial polluters can ask to bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by sending the agency an email.

Earlier this month, many celebrated when Trump’s EPA administrator announced plans to roll back 31 rules and regulations that govern air and water quality standards in an effort to cut costs.

The EPA has already processed household hazardous materials there.