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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.

Reason

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."

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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…

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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.

International Business Times

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

The Independent UK

The EPA Announces a Fool's Errand: Reconsidering the Endangerment Finding

The move is part of a broader suite of deregulatory actions announced by the EPA Administrator, and is likely the least advisable item on the list.

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Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding

EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’

The Guardian - US

Trump administration slashes dozens of US environmental protections

Trump ally Lee Zeldin says Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate 31 protections for air and water pollution.

Al Jazeera

The Latest: Education Department guts its civil rights office

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs

The Independent UK

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States.

The Conversation

EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles

The Independent UK

EPA likely to move to further limit federal protections for wetlands

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers

The Independent UK

EPA froze 'green bank' funds worth billions, climate group suit says

A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account

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Justice Dept. says ending Louisiana petrochemical case helps 'dismantle radical DEI programs'

The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community

Reason

Trump Is Weaponizing the DOJ Just Like He Accused Democrats of Doing

Trump's appointees are wielding federal power in a manner that appears every bit as corrupt as what he complained about on the campaign trail.

Reason

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The Latest: EPA wants to repeal a landmark environmental finding, jeopardizing climate regulations

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change

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Al Jazeera

Trump memo calls on US federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs

The US president and his allies continue their efforts to dismantle agencies long viewed with ire by conservatives.

The Independent UK

EPA considers pulling scientific study that shaped modern climate policy

The 2009 scientific finding says carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health

The Independent UK

Federal workers return to offices amid threat from Elon Musk

Many federal employees across the country are back at agency offices under President Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate

The Independent UK

Fox News anchor says Trump’s EPA guy just found ‘$20 billion sitting in a parked car.’ But he definitely didn’t

Citing a story about EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attempting to claw back grants given for climate-related projects, Fox News anchor John Roberts said on air that the EPA discovered ‘$20 billion sitting in a parked car outside a financial institution.’

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Top DC Prosecutor Resigns Over Premature Grand Jury Investigation Request

Denise Cheung resigns as top prosecutor in DC US Attorney's Office following a dispute over a premature investigation request.

The Guardian - US

Fetterman flight: from Sanders-style progressive to Trump-adjacent senator

Fellow Democrats are riled by the Pennsylvania maverick who now denounces the sort of politician he once was

InsideEVs

Trump Targets California's Gas Car Ban. Here's What It Means For The Rest Of Us

Like it or not, almost every new development in the global automotive industry is dominated by the new Trump administration. What impact will its very different set of policies have on the world's second-biggest car market? What happens with any new auto tariffs? And what does it mean for the…

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