Trump’s last-ditch effort to undermine Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 January 6, 2021 Trump Watch With implications for environmental justice, the president wants to undo decades of racial justice law interpretation.
Trump finds new ways to abandon endangered species and ignore climate change December 15, 2020 Trump Watch Trump’s new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act spells doom for the plants and animals that are facing extinction in a rapidly warming world.
Trump orders EPA to ignore benefits of limiting air pollution December 9, 2020 Trump Watch The president puts a big fat thumb on the scale of cost-benefit analysis at the expense of public health.
Trump guts century-old law protecting migratory birds November 27, 2020 Trump Watch His new rule would give the oil and gas industry carte blanche to kill millions of iconic birds.
Trump’s Clean Water Act rollback now threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp Park November 25, 2020 Trump Watch Federal experts oppose building a titanium mine on the edge of the fragile wetland, but it’s no longer their decision to make.
Trump: Major polluters don’t need disaster insurance November 25, 2020 Trump Watch Administration says existing rules are enough to prevent toxic spills, ignoring decades of, well, toxic spills.
Trump kicks the Paris Agreement on his way out the door November 23, 2020 Trump Watch The president revives his nonsensical claim that the Paris climate accord is unfair, and touts carbon pollution reductions that he tried to prevent.
Trump to allow logging without environmental review November 19, 2020 Trump Watch A new rule would exempt huge swaths of public land, already threatened by wildfire, from science-based management.
Trump rushes to sell the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge November 16, 2020 Trump Watch The president wants his last “gift” to America to be destroying one of its last great wild spaces.
Trump withdraws Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf October 29, 2020 Trump Watch The decision is the latest attack on wolves by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Trump drops protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest October 28, 2020 Trump Watch The move threatens Indigenous communities, scores of northern wildlife species, and the fight against climate change.
Trump lets dangerous coal ash ponds pollute indefinitely October 16, 2020 Trump Watch Ignoring massive toxic spills and years of research, Trump pretends unlined coal ash ponds are safe.
The worst polluters are getting an easy ride under Trump October 14, 2020 Trump Watch Clean Water Act prosecutions dropped 70 percent and Clean Air Act prosecutions dropped 50 percent, compared to those during the Obama years.
Trump repeals decades-old and very effective air pollution rule October 1, 2020 Trump Watch The “once in, always in” policy has prevented 1.7 million tons of hazardous emissions from entering the country’s air.
Trump ignores EPA data showing pesticide threatens children’s brains September 23, 2020 Trump Watch A large body of data shows chlorpyrifos causes learning disabilities, but Trump’s EPA is looking the other way.
EPA cancels environmental justice discussions, as Trump suggests they are “anti-American” September 15, 2020 Trump Watch No, polluting low-income neighborhoods and communities of color is simply wrong and racist—and it’s high time government agencies started addressing it.
Donald Trump declares himself one of history’s greatest environmentalists and saves Florida from his own offshore drilling plan September 8, 2020 Trump Watch And he did it all with a straight face.
Trump gives coal plants a pass on toxic wastewater, while ignoring public health consequences August 31, 2020 Trump Watch Trump’s big favor to coal results in lax controls for arsenic, mercury, and selenium dumped into U.S. waterways.
Trump tells oil and gas companies they can stop curbing methane emissions August 13, 2020 Trump Watch The rollback undoes a historic 2016 rule to control one of the worst greenhouse gases.
Trump proposes redefining "showerhead" so he can waste water August 12, 2020 Trump Watch Apparently, his royal locks demand more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute.