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.
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’s car emissions rollback is a disaster March 30, 2020 Trump Watch It’s bad for the environment, the economy, and public health.
For decades, science said to ban this toxic pesticide. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to allow more in our waterways. November 17, 2019 Trump Watch The public's health, as well as the health of exposed wildlife, are on the line.
EPA ignores the country's drinking water crises, weakens lead rules October 10, 2019 Trump Watch Meanwhile, six million high-risk lead service lines remain in the ground across the country.
Trump yanks California’s authority to set higher standards for gas-guzzling cars September 19, 2019 Trump Watch The only real winner is Big Oil.
EPA still won’t issue decades-late protections against chemical spills August 22, 2019 Trump Watch Communities already facing an disproportionate environmental burden will be hit hardest.
The DOT just gave automakers a pass on a long-overdue penalty hike July 16, 2019 Trump Watch Consumers can expect to pay with our health and gas money.
Double trouble for bees: Trump administration axes research and greenlights pesticide July 6, 2019 Trump Watch But the honeybees are still very much in crisis.
EPA guts clean car rules—and prepares for legal brawl with California August 2, 2018 Trump Watch The rollback is bad news for everyone but Big Oil.
EPA plans to just ignore air, soil, and water pollution in its reviews of chemical safety June 7, 2018 Trump Watch That includes asbestos—which President Trump has called a mob-led conspiracy.
Trump administration officially puts brake on rule that measures tailpipe emissions May 30, 2018 Trump Watch Meanwhile, the transportation sector is one of the biggest contributors to global warming.
Pruitt cuts safety measures that protect workers in chemical plants May 17, 2018 Trump Watch The measures were put in place after a deadly explosion killed 15 people in 2013.
EPA cited studies funded by Big Oil to discredit clean car rules April 11, 2018 Trump Watch The biased research suggests air pollution isn't all that bad for our health.
Trump’s EPA reverses clean car standards for passenger cars April 2, 2018 Trump Watch The decision will hurt climate change action, the economy, and our health.
Trump administration decides no corporate penalty hikes for gas-guzzling cars March 28, 2018 Trump Watch The move offers automakers a cheap way to skirt pollution-preventing measures that mitigate global warming.
EPA indefinitely delays bans on 3 deadly chemicals December 20, 2017 Trump Watch Deaths from these chemicals are avoidable. The next ones will be on the hands of Scott Pruitt.
“Bomb trains” don’t need safety upgrades, says Trump’s Department of Transportation December 7, 2017 Trump Watch The reversal could mean more trains derailing into fiery orange disasters, not unlike the president himself.
The EPA wants to repeal pollution standards for trucking components that even the trucking industry embraces October 20, 2017 Trump Watch The new standards could prevent up to 1,600 premature deaths from air pollution every year—but that's not the bottom line EPA chief Scott Pruitt is concerned about.
Trump protects Jaguars—the four-wheeled kind—instead of public health July 11, 2017 Trump Watch The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is hitting reverse on fines for breaking fuel-economy rules.