Tag: EPA
In ‘targeted strike’ against environmental and racial justice, Trump EPA curbs...
"Like so much of what Trump is pursuing now, this is a targeted strike against environmental justice and racial justice."
Clean water act rollback: Trump’s EPA limits states’ and tribes’ rights...
“We won’t stand idly by as they rip away our authority under the law to preserve water quality.”
Trump’s EPA to reverse regulation on chemical found in drinking what...
“Trump’s EPA is choosing NOT to regulate #perchlorate, a dangerous chemical linked to fetal & infant brain damage and found in the tap water of millions of Americans. This decision ignores science and the law.”
States sue Trump EPA for suspending environmental regulations during pandemic
Polluters are allowed, at their sole discretion, to stop monitoring and reporting air emissions and water pollution levels during the outbreak.
Climate deniers argue carbon pollution is beneficial, again take aim at...
Opponents of climate action are publishing flawed studies in scientific journals to support false claims that align with the fossil fuel industry’s deregulatory agenda.
Trump signs executive order greenlighting ‘corporate takeover of our oceans while...
Environmental groups sued the EPA over the move, which they condemned as a "free pass for polluters."
EPA has been captured by fossil fuel interests, democratic senators tell...
Rampant cronyism, conflicts of interest, and corruption?
Trump’s EPA weakens justification for life-saving mercury pollution rule
"This final rule will increase the risk of more kids with asthma and brain damage, and more people with cancer."
Exxon now wants to write the rules for regulating methane emissions
The current regulatory system in America does not protect the public interest.
Court requires EPA to protect communities against worst-case chemical spills
“It is way beyond time for EPA to exercise the moral and political courage to protect these overburdened communities from the daily assaults on their health and quality of life.”
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Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."