The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Scott Pruitt
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Put 80,000 Lives at Risk, Harvard Analysis Finds
The authors used EPA’s own risk assessments to estimate the number of illnesses and early deaths prevented by clean air and water rules Trump is now trying to erase.
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236 Mayors Urge EPA Not to Repeal U.S. Clean Power Plan
The mayors, representing 51 million people across 47 states, told Scott Pruitt the Obama-era emissions rules are needed to protect their cities from climate change.
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E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out. Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email.
“This is a witch hunt against E.P.A. employees who are only trying to protect human health and the environment,” said Gary Morton, an E.P.A. employee in Philadelphia. “What they are doing is trying to intimidate and bully us into silence."
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Trump Administration Seeks to Delay Findings on Pesticides
"It's appallingly clear that the pesticide industry is now essentially running Trump's EPA – rather than following the science and the law, the agency is turning its back on endangered species across the country."
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Fightback Begins Over Trump's "Illegal and Irresponsible" Clean Power Repeal
New York AG Eric Schneiderman said he'll sue the Trump administration to prevent its “irresponsible and illegal efforts to turn back the clock on public health,” and more than a dozen states stand behind him. So do Apple, Amazon, Google and others.
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I’m a Climate Scientist. And I’m Not Letting Trickle-Down Ignorance Win.
Trump has referred to a dark cloud hanging over his administration. The primary cloud I see is the self-created cloud of willful ignorance on the science of climate change. That cloud is a clear and present threat to our lives, livelihoods and health.
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EPA Seeks to Scrap Rule Protecting Drinking Water for Third of Americans
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army propose ending the clean water rule to hold "substantive re-evaluation" of which rivers, streams, wetlands and other bodies of water should be protected by the federal government.
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Paris Exit Was "Victory Paid and Carried Out" by Republican Party for the Koch Brothers
The 22 Republican senators who sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement received more than $10 million dollars in campaign funds from fossil fuel interests.
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Trump's E.P.A. Greenlights a Nasty Chemical. A Month Later, It Poisons a Bunch of Farmworkers.
In March, the EPA abruptly changed its stance on the poisonous chemical chlorpyrifos, greenlighting it instead of banning it. Not surprising: the company that makes it has cultivated a cozy relationship with the Trump administration.
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Trump’s EPA Moves to Dismantle Programs That Protect Kids From Lead Paint
Environmental Protection Agency officials are proposing to eliminate two programs focused on limiting children’s exposure to lead-based paint, which is known to cause damage to developing brains and nervous systems.
