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EPA Deletes Pollution Tracking Tools as It Offers Exemptions to Polluters
A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration's removal of environmental justice maps and datasets.
Children May Face the Steepest Risks as Trump’s EPA Reverses Course on Pollution
Environmental advocates point out that children are uniquely susceptible to air pollution and toxic chemicals.
Youth-Led Climate Suit Wraps Up After a Decade of Government Opposition
The landmark lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, has come to a close without ever seeing a trial.
Trump’s EPA Is Giving Power Companies Free Reign to Leave Behind Toxic Coal Ash
Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide.
NIH Will No Longer Fund Research on the Health Effects of Climate Change
The directive follows the Trump administration’s broader agenda to gut efforts to document and address climate change.
Critics Slam the EPA’s Plan to Shutter All Environmental Justice Offices
EPA head Lee Zeldin also announced that he was canceling 400 grants for environmental justice and diversity initiatives.
A Horrific Gas Leak Prompted CO2 Pipeline Safety Rules. Trump Removed Them.
Now the new regulator overseeing these matters worked previously as a lobbyist for the pipeline industry.
Trump Admin Is Trying to Raid “Green Banks” Meant to Fund Local Climate Projects
Despite its former support from Republicans, Lee Zeldin's EPA is dismantling the $20 billion clean energy loan program.
Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Leaves Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo
Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it.
Distraught EPA Employees Fear for Their Futures Under Trump
“I’m going to stand up to them,” one scientist said. “I may lose the battle, but principally I will have won the war.”