Trump vetoes bipartisan effort to protect sea life off the California coast January 1, 2021 Trump Watch Using massive gill nets that ensnare dolphins and other unintended marine animals is an ecologically destructive fishing practice, so Congress voted to phase it out.
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 administration leaves soot standards unchanged, ignoring evidence and risking public health December 7, 2020 Trump Watch The science demands tighter limits on soot, but the fossil fuel industry does not.
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.
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’s lax soot standards could kill more than 140,000 people July 17, 2020 Trump Watch New study shows what Trump pretends not to understand: Breathing soot is bad for you.
Trump to bring offshore drilling to Florida, defying overwhelming opposition June 10, 2020 Trump Watch Floridians know offshore drilling threatens their environment and economy. Trump doesn’t care.
On land or at sea, no national monument is safe from Trump June 5, 2020 Trump Watch The president opens the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument to commercial fishing.
Trump does coal barons a favor at the expense of our lungs April 16, 2020 Trump Watch Get ready for more air pollution, courtesy of Donald Trump’s EPA.
Trump’s EPA claims the science on air pollution is unsettled April 14, 2020 Trump Watch Data must get hard to interpret after you fire all your science advisors.
EPA offers industry a math trick that reduces air pollution (on paper) August 2, 2019 Trump Watch Meanwhile, our climate crisis in the real world heats up.
Trump administration gets creative with math to make air pollution appear less deadly May 20, 2019 Trump Watch The tactic is just another way to boost support for dangerous, pro-industry rollbacks.
Trump lifts sales restrictions on smog-forming ethanol March 15, 2019 Trump Watch That's good news for corn farmers—and bad news for the rest of us.
Trump’s EPA just let Big Coal become even dirtier by rolling back mercury emissions rules December 28, 2018 Trump Watch Tens of thousands of lives are at stake.
The guy leading the EPA's review of air pollution standards is a little too cozy with the oil and gas industry December 10, 2018 Trump Watch Meanwhile, the health of millions of Americans relies on independent (not industry-backed) science.
White House waters down role of climate change in 10-year oceans plan December 5, 2018 Trump Watch It's not the first time the administration has stripped critical science from its reports.
Seismic blasting in the Atlantic could help drive the right whale to extinction. The Trump administration just OK’d it anyway. November 30, 2018 Trump Watch The noise is akin to dynamite going off—outside your window, every 10 seconds.
The EPA is offering polluters a loophole to increase air pollution and avoid cleanup equipment November 7, 2018 Trump Watch Industry will save money, while public health suffers.
EPA lets big polluters send more harmful air pollution into neighboring states October 31, 2018 Trump Watch And it's not even bothering to look at the public health consequences.
The guy now in charge of enforcing environmental laws defended BP after Deepwater Horizon October 12, 2018 Trump Watch The Trump administration sure loves putting people in charge of the things they hate.