EPA Hands Coal Industry a Pass to Dump Toxic Wastewater
The Trump administration rollback will contaminate waterways and drinking water sources—exposing people to pollutants like mercury, lead, and arsenic. ...
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EPA Hands Oil and Gas Industry a Pass on Methane Gas Pollution
The industry can now ignore wasteful leaks of the potent greenhouse gas, posing a significant threat to our climate and the health of fenceline communities. ...
Amid Pandemic, EPA Proposal Distorts the Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution
The move would rig the cost-benefit analysis of future clean air safeguards—and hit low-income communities and communities of color the hardest. ...
Trump Takes Moment of National Crisis to Give Polluters an Unprecedented Pass
Amid widespread racist violence and a deadly pandemic, the president has chosen to sidestep bedrock environmental laws that protect the environment and public h...
Trump Tells Agencies to Slash Environmental and Health Protections
The executive order is an opportunistic attempt to push a deregulatory agenda during a public health crisis....
NRDC Sues After EPA Gives Industry a Pass on Leaks of HFCs, a Potent Climate Pollutant
Easily preventable hydrofluorocarbon leaks add up to the same amount of carbon pollution from more than half a million cars each year. ...