The Trump administration just gave polluters a free pass to pollute our air and water. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced it will no longer enforce legally mandated public health and environmental protections nationwide — indefinitely, while the pandemic crisis lasts.
Letting oil refineries, chemical plants and other industrial polluters off the hook is disgusting and shamelessly opportunistic. Join the Center for BiologicaL Diversity to tell them not to take this criminal step!
Tell EPA Administrator Wheeler we can protect public health and the environment at the same time.
Never before has the EPA just given up and stopped enforcing its own rules at this scale.
We’ve seen countless attacks from the Trump administration on wildlife and the laws that protect it. The Endangered Species Act is already under tremendous threat from being weakened in its ability to save plants and animals.
Now, with the EPA turning a blind eye to industrial pollution, our public health could be even more seriously threatened. This cynical ploy is a new low, even for this administration.