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EPA yanks attacks on climate science from endangerment repeal The agency relied on legal arguments to erase the basis for climate rules, ditching provisions that tried to poke holes in the scientific consensus on

EPA dropped its assault on climate science: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Trump EPA: "nothing to see here."

EPA Reapproves Weedkiller Dicamba Despite Concerns About Drift and Crop Damage The agency says the approval of dicamba includes new restrictions, but watchdog organizations warn the protections are weaker than before.

While the EPA says the reapproval of dicamba includes new restrictions that will reduce the chemical’s harms, watchdog organizations say it actually weakens protections.

Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review process

⚠️ Public health protections are under threat. A House bill would weaken #TSCA by limiting the science EPA can use, removing requirements that chemicals be proven safe, and giving industry more sway over chemical reviews.

Congress must reject this bill and protect our health from toxic chemicals.

Trump EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

We'll see them in court.​
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"The Trump administration is sacrificing our health, our safety, our economy, and our future by abandoning its core responsibility to keep us safe from extreme weather and accelerating climate change." - @abbiedillen.bsky.social President of Earthjustice.

This administration didn’t just roll back protections—it made pollution a business model. Corporations get loopholes. Enforcement disappears. Cancer risk rises. Asthma attacks increase. Polluters profit. Communities pay.
Learn more: ajustclimate.org

Dismantling FEMA, NOAA, the CDC, and climate investments won’t stay abstract.

Hurricanes, wildfires, farm losses, and rising costs will hit everywhere — including communities the administration claims to represent.

When crisis hits, disinformation won’t hold.

Preserving Community Science in the Face of Attacks Increasingly, the public is being cut out of decisions that impact their health, communities, and livelihoods—and, unfortunately, we are also seeing this play out at the state level.

UCS’s @dminovi.bsky.social new blog describes how, under the Trump administration, the public is increasingly being cut out of decisions that affect their health, communities, and livelihoods—and how this troubling trend is also playing out at the state level.

Ignoring deaths, benefiting polluters: EPA discards science on pollution harms Changes in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory methods prioritise the interests of polluting industries at the expense of public health, say Gretchen Goldman and colleagues This mont...

Changes in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory methods prioritize the interests of polluting industries at the expense of public health. Read more from CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social, Economist Rachel Cleetus and Fellow Kristie Ellickson.

‘Shameful’: Trump’s EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health A year into Trump’s second term, critics say the EPA is rolling back dozens of protections and giving a leg up to polluters

Trump’s EPA is rolling back public health protections by weakening limits on toxic pollutants like mercury and soot. Its leadership is siding with polluters over people and abandoning the EPA’s mission to protect human health.

The Trump Administration is gutting the EPA. It is slashing regulations meant to protect public health and the environment. Cutting the agency’s budget and staff. Distorting the agency’s mission so that it protects polluting industries instead of the American public. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

Trump's ICE agents are making it pretty damn clear—they're not here to keep us safe.

A thimble-full of #paraquat can kill you, but don’t worry, everyone — Lee Zeldin’s #EPA is asking for one more study on paraquat’s safety to be conducted not by independent, unbiased scientists but by its manufacturer.

Get the rest in this op-ed from our Environmental Health Science Director ⬇️

Syngenta settles bellwether US trial over paraquat links to Parkinson's On the eve of the opening of what would have been a bellwether US trial over allegations that a widely used weed killer causes Parkinson’s disease, paraquat-maker Syngenta reached a settlement with th...

On the eve of a bellwether US trial over claims that the weed killer paraquat causes Parkinson’s, Syngenta quietly settled with a retired landscaper who blamed the company for his diagnosis.
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The EPA Is Not Starting a New Review of Paraquat Despite claims the EPA is ‘reassessing’ a controversial weedkiller, the Trump administration is not reevaluating its link to Parkinson’s.

Despite claims that the EPA is "reassessing" the controversial weedkiller paraquat, the Trump administration is simply continuing work started by the Biden administration—but not reevaluating the science on the herbicide’s link to Parkinson’s.

@lisaelaineh.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

Behind closed doors, members of Congress admit what they won’t say publicly: environmental rollbacks are causing real harm. They fear speaking out now.

Our job is to make silence politically riskier than telling the truth.

Join us at ajustclimate.org

EPA study: When air quality monitors go dark, pollution rises

When certain air quality monitoring sites go offline, air pollution often increases, according to an analysis by the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General. Researchers found that when some air quality monitors that gather daily data went down, levels of fine particulate matter, or soot, went up by about 4 percent. For sites that gather data once every three days, soot pollution increased by 9 percent, according to the report published in September 2025.

EPA study: When air quality monitors go dark, pollution rises

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The environmental justice movement didn’t disappear when protections were rolled back. It’s held together by local, justice-led organizations and the networks that connect them — neighbors organizing neighbors, keeping hope and truth alive.

"The purpose of TSCA is to protect people and the environment from harmful chemicals. The proposed changes to this law are alarming: they remove public health guardrails, undermine EPA’s ability to protect people from harmful chemicals, and will lead to more death and disease."

🚨 65+ health and nursing groups, including ANHE, urge Congress to oppose reopening or weakening TSCA, the law that protects us from toxic chemicals. Public health must come first. Read the full letter here (link in bio): zurl.co/YsTdn

Coming Clean condemns ICE violence, violation of civil rights, and racial profiling Coming Clean is a national network committed to environmental health and safety for everyone, regardless of race,...

As a national network committed to environmental health and safety for everyone, we condemn the ongoing and escalating violence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and agents against civilians.
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In 2025, the Trump regime erased decades of environmental protections and stripped frontline communities of their right to clean air, clean water, and a say in their own futures. One year later, we are still here. Still united. Still resisting.

A year ago today, the Trump regime erased decades of environmental protections and stripped our communities of their right to clean air, clean water, and a say in their own futures. We are still here. Still united. Still resisting. Join our movement to stand with EJ: ajustclimate.org/j20-toolkit

Minnesota doctors say immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota doctors say immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives  Diabetics rationing insulin. Jaundiced babies missing appointments. Appendicitis festering untreated for day...

"Expectant mothers laboring in hiding...new mothers are laying low and deferring checkups for their babies as they weigh the benefits of health care against the risk of indefinite detention"

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The EPA is easing pollution rules under Trump. Here’s how it’s affecting Texas As President Trump marks one year back in office, his EPA has proposed rolling back key air and climate protections, which experts say has already begun to strain Texas’ air quality and public health.

As President Trump marks one year back in office, his EPA has proposed rolling back key air and climate protections, which experts say has already begun to strain Texas’ air quality and public health.

‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says @gretchentg.bsky.social.

My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency.

Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.

🆕 report shows that half of the world's emissions come from just a handful of companies:

“[it's] clear that big polluters must phase out fossil fuels & #PayUp. When the facts are plain & the law is clear, accountability must follow,” CIEL's CEO Rebecca Brown.

👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Before Urban Raids, Border Patrol Tested Tactics in California Farm Country

Before Urban Raids, Border Patrol Tested Tactics in California Farm Country

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EPA chief ’s MAHA tweet - PR stunt or real progress? Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin sparked news stories around the US last week when he tweeted that the agency had made the “proactive decision to freshly reassess” the sa...

“Zeldin’s EPA hasn’t done a single thing to protect public health this past year and he now seems intent on “MAHA-washing” everything that comes out of his office..." - Nathan Donley, Center for Biological Diversity. www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/epa-...

A new analysis argues two newly approved pesticides qualify as PFAS under the most accepted scientific definition. One can break down into trifluoroacetic acid, a highly persistent #PFAS found widely in water. Reducing reliance starts with prevention. #CleanWater
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