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  1. Court rules against Trump #EPA’s freeze of $20B in ​‘#greenbank’ funds
    A federal #appealscourt finds the EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost #cleanenergy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the Supreme Court.
    The divided ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is a victory for the nonprofit groups targeted by EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin as part of a broader attack on the Biden admin’s clean energy and #climate spending.
    canarymedia.com/articles/clima

  2. Center for Biological Diversity:
    *Fifth "Forever Chemical" Pesticide Approved, with No Press Release*
    >Current administration has approved five #PFAS #chemicals, three just this week
    >This is "the PFAS presidency" - environmental #health #science director
    >SCotUS has granted #immunity to #PesticideCompanies
    >Biden admin approved 1 PFAS chemical in 4 yrs
    #EPA #LeeZeldin #trifludimoxazin #polyfluoroalkyl #diflufenican #epyrifenacil #cyclobutrifluram #isocycloseram
    biologicaldiversity.org/w/news

  3. Yes, #E15 Affects #Gas Mileage, But Here's A Reality Check
    E15 was banned between June and September under federal #CleanAirAct, but now, #EPA, under #LeeZeldin, approved a measure to allow E15, commonly known as #Unleaded88, on sale through summer months of the year in a bid to help lower fuel prices.
    Corn-based ethanol is a worse store of energy than fossil-based fuel, holding about one third less energy than pure gasoline. Switching to E15 means you're buying more gas.
    jalopnik.com/2177127/gas-milea

  4. A new report found that the state’s coastal areas have “crossed the point of no return.”

    I Doubt EPA Head Lee Zeldin Will Do Anything About the Impending Climate Disaster in Louisiana
    esquire.com/news-politics/poli

    #EPA #LeeZeldin #ClimateDisaster #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  5. In a Boost to #Coal, #EPA Moves to End Biden’s Toxic Ash Disposal Rules
    #LeeZeldin said changes would help #US “energy dominance.” Environmentalists said they threaten #drinkingwater
    Move is victory for coal industry, which had chafed at regulation that required companies to examine the condition of coal ash sites at inactive power plants, calling it overly burdensome as well as modify cleanup requirements that have been in place for over a decade.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/09/climate
    archive.ph/DLtEI

  6. Zeldin Praises Climate Skeptics, Heralds "Vindication"

    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin spoke at the Heartland Institute, celebrating the end of greenhouse gas rules. This affects regulations for cars and power plants.

    #EPA, #ClimateChange, #LeeZeldin, #Environment, #GreenhouseGas

    newsletter.tf/epa-zeldin-prais

  7. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin spoke to the Heartland Institute, a group that questions climate science. This happened just after his agency ended important rules about greenhouse gases.

    #EPA, #ClimateChange, #LeeZeldin, #Environment, #GreenhouseGas
    newsletter.tf/epa-zeldin-prais

  8. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin tells climate skeptics to “celebrate vindication” after law repealed

    The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Climatechange #LeeZeldin #UnitedStates #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/475149/

  9. …ALL members of the committee are #Trump appointees, including #Interior Secretary #DougBurgum & #EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin.
    
The God Squad last met in 1992 to consider whether Oregon timber sales threatened the northern spotted owl, where exemptions were granted only after lengthy hearings. [this single meeting lasted all of 15 minutes]

    #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #wildlife #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth

  10. EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants

    Environmental and health groups said the rule will make people sicker and supports a dying industry.

    murica.website/2026/02/epa-rep

  11. Trump administration sued over reversal of key climate finding

    The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit over its decision to deregulate emissions and repeal a landmark scientific…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #CA #Canada #climatechange #DonaldTrump #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #LeeZeldin #Pollution #Science
    newsbeep.com/ca/484307/

  12. HT @rmblaber1956

    #EnvironmentalGroups sue #Trump’s #EPA over repeal of landmark #climate finding

    Lawsuit from #health and #EnvironmentalJustice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’

    Dharna Noor
    Wed 18 Feb 2026 07.10 EST

    "More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.

    "Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback of the '#EndangermentFinding', which states that the buildup of heat-trapping #pollution in the atmosphere endangers #PublicHealth and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from #vehicles, #PowerPlants and other #industrial sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the #ClimateCrisis.

    "The suit was brought by the American Public Health Association [#APHA], #AmericanLungAssociation, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund, the #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil [#NRDC], the #SierraClub and 11 other public health and environmental organizations. The lawsuit was filed by green legal organizations #CleanAirTaskForce and #Earthjustice and it names the EPA and the agency’s administrator, #LeeZeldin, as defendants.

    " 'EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding and #safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the #CleanAirAct,' said #GretchenGoldman, president and CEO at the #UnionOfConcernedScientists, another one of the groups behind the lawsuit. 'This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science.' "

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/kp4pY

    #USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #FossilFuelIndustry #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporatePolluters

  13. From pro-climate Republican to ‘one of the #Trump disruptors’

    #EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.

    By Hannah Northey, Emily Ngo, Josh Siegel and Miranda Willson
    04/06/2025

    Excerpt: "[O]thers who have known Zeldin wonder what happened to the middle-of-the-road lawmaker they once knew, who acknowledged that humans were warming the Earth and bucked Trump’s first administration on offshore oil drilling.

    " 'He’s really turned out to be a chameleon in the political landscape,' said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, who is based in Zeldin’s former congressional district. 'He’s always had higher political aspirations, and I believe he has his eyes set on the White House.”

    "Green groups on the island say they feel betrayed by the slash-and-burn style Zeldin is bringing to EPA. Sea-level rise poses a serious threat to the low-lying coastal region he calls home, and he had expressed support over the years for shifting to #RenewableEnergy — in contrast to Trump’s pro-#FossilFuel agenda. As a lawmaker, he belonged to the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus and the Conservative Climate Caucus, two blocs that recognize the need to address #GlobalWarming."

    Read more:
    politico.com/news/2025/04/06/z

    #USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy

  14. 🎶 "I said money, money changes everything
    We think we know what we're doin'
    That don't mean a thing
    It's all in the past now
    Money changes everything..."🎵

    From pro-climate Republican to ‘one of the #Trump disruptors’

    #EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.

    By Hannah Northey, Emily Ngo, Josh Siegel and Miranda Willson
    04/06/2025

    Excerpt: "Others who have known Zeldin wonder what happened to the middle-of-the-road lawmaker they once knew, who acknowledged that humans were warming the Earth and bucked Trump’s first administration on offshore oil drilling."

    Read more:
    politico.com/news/2025/04/06/z

    #EPAFail #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #ClimateChange #USPol #WorldPol #Oiligarchy #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #CorporateColonialism

  15. LIVE: Trump makes an announcement with EPA administrator

    President Donald Trump makes an announcement with Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin.   #Trump #TrumpAdministration #LeeZeldin #EPA #Live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

    fllics.com/en/video/live-trump

  16. Trump’s EPA Is Set to Scrap a Landmark Emissions Policy in Deregulatory Push

    Among other things, the move would undo the legal basis of the fight against global warming.

    murica.website/2026/02/trumps-

  17. TRUMPONOMICS: Kill people, until demand equals supply.

    Trump EPA sparks outrage after plan drops dollar value on lives saved by pollution rules
    rawstory.com/trumps-2674878729/

    #EPA #LivesLost #Pollution #LeeZeldin #USPol

  18. EPA No Longer Considering Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business

    The policy change says the “quiet part out loud,” one environmental advocate said.

    murica.website/2026/01/epa-no-

  19. States That Cut Environmental Agencies Face Crisis as Trump Deregulation Unfolds

    Budget slashing and staff cuts have made states vulnerable to Trump's efforts to dismantle the EPA.

    murica.website/2025/12/states-

  20. #EPA Retreats From Plans to End the #EnergyStar Program
    The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular #energy #efficiency program.
    #LeeZeldin, the administrator of the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help #consumers to choose energy efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other home #appliances.
    nytimes.com/2025/11/01/climate
    archive.ph/V5rUo

  21. #EPA Plan to Kill a Major #Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders
    The rule, known as the “endangerment finding,” is the conclusion by the E.P.A. that #greenhousegases endanger #publichealth and therefore must be regulated by the federal government. #LeeZeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, has said the agency would repeal the finding, claiming that the burden to industries of cutting #greenhousegas #emissions is more harmful than a warming planet.
    nytimes.com/2025/10/25/climate
    archive.ph/02cYm

  22. Before #Alaska #Flooding, #EPA Canceled $20 Million #Flood Protection #Grant
    In May, EPA revoked grant, issued at end of Biden admin, saying it was “no longer consistent” with agency’s priorities. #LeeZeldin, EPA admin, boasted on social media he was eliminating “wasteful #DEI and #EnvironmentalJustice grants,” referring to diversity, equity and inclusion, and programs to help communities facing a disproportionate level of environmental threat.
    nytimes.com/2025/10/14/climate
    archive.ph/NYESf