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The 1996 act allows lawmakers to overturn rules that have been recently approved by the executive branch with a simple majority vote. #Republicans asserted that the act also allowed #Congress to overturn the #EPA waivers.

The #Senate passed the resolutions over the objections of the nonpartisan Senate #parliamentarian & an #independent #watchdog, which both had ruled that lawmakers lacked the legal authority to revoke the waivers.

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…For more than 50 years, the #CleanAirAct has allowed #California to set pollution standards that are stricter than federal rules, as long as the state obtains waivers for them from the #EPA.
The resolutions #Trump signed Thurs also revoke waivers for 2 other CA #CleanAir policies. One blocks CA from requiring that ½ of all new #trucks sold in the #state be #electric by 2035. Another stops the state from putting limits on allowable #emissions of nitrogen oxide from #cars & trucks.

How Monsanto Covered Up Roundup’s Terrifying Secret

youtube.com/watch?v=MTmtEEdxpP

Bayer has paid out $10 billion in Roundup cancer lawsuits.

Now, they're on a mission to quietly rewrite laws to give themselves immunity from future lawsuits.

All while continuing to make billions in profit on a product that's linked to cancer.

npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-54295

Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants

The Trump administration announced plans to repeal limits on greenhouse gas emissions and other airborne pollutants from the nation's fossil fuel-fired power plants.

The proposal is part of the Environmental Protection Agency's plan, under the Trump administration, to roll back more than two dozen rules and policies. The proposal is likely to face legal challenges, but if it is finalized in its current form, that would eliminate limits on the second-largest source of climate pollution in the U.S., behind transportation.

The EPA argues pollution from U.S. power plants are a small part of global emissions and they're declining. The agency also claims that eliminating climate pollution from power plants would have little effect on people's health.

~Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants~

To “unleash American energy,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. 😐‼️

#USA #trump #FossilFuels 🛢️ #EPA
#environment #climate
#ClimateChange 🌍🌱

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tr

ABC News · Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plantsBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press

"The WH, via OMB R Vought, has instructed agencies like , , , Interior & to freeze over $30B in spending -raising serious constitutional Qs about Congress’s “power of the purse” & the expansion of pres exec authority."
-C Young

Targets incl NSF research & edu prgms that operate using funding leftover from 2024 +🚨tens of $Ms for nat park ops +>$100M in science spending at NASA, which incls. climate res.

Power of purse: !
eenews.net/articles/white-hous

E&E News by POLITICO · White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive powerThe latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.

#EPA Drops Legal Case Against the #GEOGroup, a Major #Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful #Chemicals in #ICE Facilities

A complaint filed under the #Biden admin alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 & 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage & skin burns, without proper protection.

#law #immigration #health #safety #HumanRights #CivilRights #PrisonersRights
propublica.org/article/epa-leg

ProPublicaEPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility
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An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.

Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.

propublica.org/article/epa-leg

ProPublicaEPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility
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