Trump's EPA chief erupts at NYT as leaked emails show agency ditching 40-year practice

A Trump administration official freaked out Monday after leaked emails showed the Environmental Protection Agency plans to ditch a 40-year-old practice of putting a dollar amount on human lives saved by pollution rules.

Trump appointee Lee Zeldin's EPA will still tally costs to businesses — but will ignore the lives those same rules protect, The New York Times reported.

The move targets fine particulate matter and ozone, pollutants that damage lungs and trigger asthma. The Times reports...