Tag: EPA
Trump administration attempt to gut NEPA sued by a broad coalition...
“What is best for big business and Washington lobbyists is rarely what is best for local communities.”
New legislation to ban toxic pesticides helps protect children’s health
“The federal pesticide policy is in urgent need of reform.”
Federal appeals court rules against EPA, affirms Clean Air Act protections
"EPA can no longer look the other way while states unlawfully exempt industrial polluters from vitally important air pollution control requirements.”
‘Slam dunk’ study finds Trump EPA’s move not to tighten air...
This peer-reviewed study of air pollution impacts on older Americans suggests that current air qualitystandards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) do not protect public health, and that strengthening the standards could save over 140,000 American lives over a decade.
Trump’s EPA rolls back regulation of chemical linked to brain damage...
“Is this what the Environmental Protection Agency has come to?”
Trump EPA’s refusal to strengthen air quality standards most likely to...
“There is evidence that Black people have three times the hazard from long-term exposure to fine particles [soot] than the general population."
Federal court reverses EPA approval of crop-harming dicamba
“Today’s decision is a massive win for farmers and the environment. It is good to be reminded that corporations like Monsanto and the Trump Administration cannot escape the rule of law.”
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.”