Friday, October 2, 2026

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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The President from Hell (and High Water)

Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
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Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson

The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
A gas flare at a landfill in Ohio. Photo: Vince Reinhart / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire

State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
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Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed

For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.
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Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans

Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.