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Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current regulations in an effort to loosen standards originally imposed to protect the environment and public health. But it’s not as simple as Trump and Zeldin just saying so.

The Conversation

Trump’s EPA to stop greenhouse gas data

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move, likening it to turning off a patient's life support monitor

Salon

This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it

Outdoor enthusiasts are worried about the loss of their favorite vistas as President Donald Trump's administration considers weakening a 26-year-old rule designed to improve visibility over national parks and wilderness areas

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EPA to review ‘new science’ on fluoride as RFK Jr. reportedly tells CDC to stop recommending it

Experts say taking fluoride out of drinking water would degrade public health

The Independent UK

Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene

The Independent UK

California Supervisor Slams Mexico Over Imminent Dump Of Sewage Water: 'It's Time For Federal Action'

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said Mexico will "dump" 400 million gallons of sewage water into the Tijuana River next Monday

Latin Times

Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday questioned a Department of Justice attorney over whether the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it terminated $20 billion in green bank grants allegedly without following the proper process

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The Latest: Trump to roll out new tariffs that he promises will free the US from foreign goods

President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs he promises will free the United States from foreign goods

The Independent UK

EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency's one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year in operating costs

The Independent UK

‘A pandemic-level shock to the system’: RFK Jr’s old environmental group weighs EPA cuts

Head of Riverkeeper, which helped clean up Hudson River, talks about challenges during the second Trump term

The Guardian - US

EPA offers industrial polluters a way to avoid rules on mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals

As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance to receive exemptions from rules requiring them to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals, including mercury, arsenic and benzene

The Independent UK

US could see return of acid rain due to Trump’s rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it

Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’

The Guardian - US

Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare.

The Conversation

Judge blocks EPA effort to cancel billions in climate grants - Roll Call

A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the EPA from canceling Biden administration climate grants issued from a $20 billion program.

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The Guardian - US

Trump’s EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘People will be hurt’

Moves to roll back 31 pollution regulations risk public health and big annual healthcare savings, Guardian analysis shows

The Independent UK

Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in 'green bank' grants

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration

Latin Times

Trump Calls Environmentalists 'Lunatics' and 'Thugs' Days After Purchasing His Tesla

Donald Trump took a swipe at environmentalists and China in an impassioned Truth Social post on Monday.

Capital & Main

Trump EPA Chief’s Assault on Environmental Justice Means Those With the Least Will Get Hurt the Most

The 'Great American Comeback' shouldn't be filthy air, dirty water and no sanitation for the marginalized, says activist Catherine Coleman Flowers.

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The Independent UK

Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say

Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders say rollbacks proposed by the Trump administration endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s mission to protect the environment and human health

Reason

Dumping Environmental Justice From the EPA Is a Good Step. Now Dump the EPA.

“Environmental justice” has no place at a regulatory agency. But the EPA was already a problem.

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US Government Begins Rolling Back Emissions Regulations

One of President Donald Trump's promises upon taking office was to revamp vehicle emissions regulations established by the previous administration. That is now officially underway in what the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling the "biggest deregulatory action in US history."

The Guardian - US

Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants

Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants

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We Just Had The 'Most Disastrous Day In EPA History'

The EPA has just dropped the mother of all deregulations. In minutes (two, to be specific), Trump's hand-picked administrator of the department announced sweeping changes that critics are calling "the most disastrous day in EPA history." Gone is the original mission of the EPA—that is, protecting the health of the…

International Business Times

Trump Administration Unveils Sweeping Environment Rollbacks

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday announced a wave of environmental rollbacks targeting Biden-era green policies, including carbon limits on power plants, tailpipe emissions standards and protections for waterways.

The Independent UK

A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry

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