Rollback of Regulations and Protections by Trump Administration
“U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to release a proposal that would dismantle standards that restrict dangerous carbon pollution from power plants, and another that would dismantle standards that limit mercury and air toxics pollution from power plants, according to news reports.
With their Polluters First Agenda, Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are exposing millions of Americans to more pollution and putting the profits of big polluters over people.
These actions would increase dangerous pollution that raises the likelihood of extreme weather events such as wildfires, flooding, and tornadoes, and makes people sick, causing brain damage in babies, cancer, and other cardiovascular and lung diseases.”
“US power plants will be allowed to pollute nearby communities and the wider world with more unhealthy air toxins and an unlimited amount of planet-heating gases under new regulatory rollbacks proposed by Donald Trump’s administration.”
“The Trump Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a pending Biden administration plan that would have protected public health from the chemical manufacturing sector by setting discharge limits on the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.”
Tools to Track Rollbacks of Regulatations and Laws
Tracking Trump Executive Orders by NBC News
Regulation and Markets Regulatory Tracker from the Brookings Center provides background information and status updates on a curated selection of important regulatory changes.
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker from Harvard Law
Climate Backtracker from Columbia University tracks steps taken by the Trump-Vance administration to scale back or wholly eliminate federal climate mitigation and adaptation measures.
Plastics Litigation Tracker tracks state and federal law cases addressing plastics, including resolved and pending cases.
Just Security’s Litigation Tracker lists the legal challenges to Trump Administration actions.
