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The Trump/Zeldin EPA wants to scrap the Endangerment Finding.
Businesses warn:
➡️ No clear standards
➡️ More lawsuits
➡️ Economic chaos
Rolling back climate authority hurts stability, health & investment.
Read the full story: buff.ly/0I8R68b#SaveEPA
Former EPA Deputy Admin Janet McCabe warns: If Trump’s EPA repeals climate rules, Indiana is left with no protections.
➡️ Hotter days
➡️ Heavier rainfall
➡️ More hospital visits
Indy can’t afford this rollback.
Read the full story: buff.ly/WSiq8bO#SaveEPA
RFK Jr. vowed to find autism’s causes. Instead:
➡️ Cut labs & millions in research grants
➡️ Silenced scientists studying pollution & autism
➡️ Stood by as EPA rolled back toxic chemicals protections
Read the full story: propublica.org/article/rfk-jr…
The House wants to slash EPA’s budget by 23%, gutting science, enforcement & environmental justice.
❌ Communities left defenseless
❌ Hundreds of experts sidelined
❌ Polluters unchecked
The Senate plan keeps protections in place. Congress must #SaveEPA.
“Administrator Zeldin is living in a fantasy land.”
Larry Weinstock testified that EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding ignores science, law, & economics, costing lives, raising gas prices, and serving only polluters.
Watch:
Day 1 of EPA’s hearing on repealing the Endangerment Finding:
➡️ Health experts: rollback worsens asthma & costly ER care
➡️ State AGs: ignores law & Supreme Court precedent
➡️ Industry: standards drive innovation & jobs
Read more: buff.ly/DW8wuD0. #SaveEPA
Today, EPN’s Michelle Roos testified at EPA’s Endangerment Finding hearing.
Her message was clear: “Climate change is not religion. It is science. And, it places upon us a moral responsibility to act.”
Watch her full testimony: buff.ly/xLyhWFQ
Elkton, MD families are facing PFAS contamination in their wells, linked to cancer & other serious health risks.
➡️ Toxic chemicals in drinking water
➡️ Families left unprotected
➡️ A nationwide crisis: 158M+ at risk
Read the full story: buff.ly/7C0zHiM. #SaveEPA
The House wants to slash EPA funding by 23%, gut enforcement, and zero out environmental justice programs. This puts public health and frontline communities at risk. The bipartisan Senate bill is better for science, safety, and justice. #SaveEPA
The Trump admin wants to kill or privatize Energy Star, a program that has saved families & businesses $500B+ since 1992.
Killing it means:
➡️ Higher bills
➡️ More pollution
➡️ Weaker climate protections
Read more: buff.ly/dIllbnS. #SaveEnergyStar
EPA wants to repeal the Endangerment Finding, the foundation of climate protections.
The cost?
➡️ More premature deaths
➡️ Millions more asthma attacks
➡️ Accelerated climate chaos
Hearings: Aug 19–20. Comments due by Sept 15. Silence is not an option. #SaveEPA
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DOE’s climate “report” was built on secrecy, not science. No peer review. No public input. Handpicked deniers. Ex-EPA science chief Chris Frey is demanding corrections before EPA uses it to dismantle climate protections. Read the story here: buff.ly/UcGI3Nz. #SaveEPA
Lawsuit claims Trump admin broke a Nixon-era transparency law by secretly assembling climate deniers to repeal the Endangerment Finding, key to U.S. climate rules. The case could prevent using the panel’s report to weaken pollution protections. Read more: buff.ly/0DFG2S9
Two top scientists, including the expert who helped uncover the Flint water crisis, have been removed from EPA advisory roles after protesting cuts to public health research. Silencing science endangers every community’s air & water. Read more: buff.ly/gAPzumX. #SaveEPA
Closing EPA’s Research Triangle research hub would gut NC’s ability to fight pollution & protect health, costing hundreds of jobs, millions in research, & vital climate science.
When science is silenced, pollution wins.
Read what’s at stake: buff.ly/JteACb8#SaveEPA
The Supreme Court could rule any day on a case that may doom lawsuits over canceled climate & justice grants, forcing them into a court that can’t restore the funding, only award damages. Billions for clean energy & pollution cleanup at risk. Read more: buff.ly/lKpX7ix
4 federal laws could block the Trump EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding:
1️⃣ Info Quality Act
2️⃣ Federal Advisory Committee Act
3️⃣ Administrative Procedure Act
4️⃣ Science Advisory Board law
Read Chris Frey's article: buff.ly/crN2ZhM#SaveEPA
House Dems "are urging the Trump administration to preserve EPA’s Office of Research & Development (ORD), warning that without the crucial scientific research the office conducts, the agency will be unable to ensure safe air, water and land." Read more: buff.ly/iO2JMIH.
Check out former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy on The Weather Channel talking about the potential impact of the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding: buff.ly/u8HjGcT#SaveEPA
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