Tag: EPA

“EPA’s action is dangerous and shameful.”

Media are missing the environmental justice story behind Trump's Affordable Clean Energy rule.

“The Trump Affordable Clean Energy rule is a sham. It is dangerously irresponsible and completely at odds with the urgent need to address climate change."

“This is like a student hiding his report card because it’s full of Fs.”

“Trump’s EPA cannot change important water quality protections at the whim of industry interests. It’s not only disruptive to Washington’s environmental efforts over the past two years, it’s a clear violation of the Clean Water Act.

Proposed legislation would use funds from development on contaminated sites to help offset costs of cleaning tainted drinking water.

Eighty-five pesticides currently in use across the country have been banned or are in the process of being phased out in the three nations, in large part due to their harmful impact on human health or the environment.

The new guidelines threaten the division of state and federal authorities in order to please the fossil fuel industry.

“Our new point is that if the very likelihood of having climate policy enacted in the first place may be jeopardized by political influences (via lobbying), why not try to use this revenue to neutralize some of the political opposition in a targeted way.”

The true human cost of the Trump administration’s policies will continue to galvanize communities across the U.S. and will haunt Wheeler and the Trump administration as they pursue their reckless course of action.