The EPA said greenhouse gases are a risk to public health. Scientists and the courts have affirmed it. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to pretend that climate change isn’t a problem.
EPA announced plans to roll back PFAS drinking water protections, affecting communities across the country in states including, North Carolina, New York, and Maine
Proclamations let chemical companies, coal power plants, and other major polluters dodge clean air standards in at least 30 states and U.S. territories
“Instead of furthering Trump’s deregulatory agenda, we urge Congress to focus on strong investments in these agencies that safeguard our environment and public health.”
What’s happening: BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulf…