U.S. District Judge Tanya #Chutkan says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance #CleanEnergy & #climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped & must have access to some of the frozen money. The ruling is a defeat for #Trump’s [mockery of an] #EPA, which argues the program is rife w/ financial mismanagement.
#law #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-grants-clean-energy-projects-1bcc9dd5c92f8dfb4304add043711278
When Trump took office, the administration set up a tip line for employees to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it, ProPublica learned via a public records request.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-diversity-initiatives-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
But you know, right now the most important thing for Humanity is to develop Artificial Intelligence and global surveillance and go to Mars! /s
#pollution #plastic #media #tech #climatechange #ocean #water #green #fossilfuel #bigoil #ai #uspol #racism #colonialism #globalwarming #EPA
#Trump’s #EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars—& thousands of lives.
When the head of the EPA announced a wide-ranging rollback of #environmental #regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of #ClimateChange *religion*” [whatever that is] & introduce a “Golden Age”for the American economy.
What Lee Zeldin didn’t mention: how ending the rules could have devastating consequences to human #health.
#Trump #PublicHealth #law
https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-pollution-rules-analysis-savings-health-0a289aec2507ed38d386680afdd0ea45
An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.
Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.
Keep ‘em coming
“More than 270 #EPA workers signed a letter on Monday denouncing what they described as the #Trump administration’s efforts to politicize, dismantle and sideline the main federal agency tasked with protecting the environment and public health.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/climate/epa-employees-warning-letter.html
Open letter from #EPA employees says their boss has
has been "adopting the messaging of political propaganda, rather than the #science that the EPA’s work relies on. This includes spreading misinformation about science through official EPA channels, claiming science is a 'religion,' praising 'clean coal'(which does not exist), and attacking members of Congress (which may have violated the Hatch Act, which disallows political campaigning by federal employees)."
https://electrek.co/2025/07/01/hundreds-of-epa-employees-have-asked-their-boss-lee-zeldin-to-stop-lying/
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.
Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #EPA #PFAS #PublicHealth #ForeverChemicals #Trump
