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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.
Frustrating that we have to oppose this EPA's unscientific proposed ruling.
"EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren’t dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here’s what they say"
"The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.’' "
AP News · Scientists: EPA's carbon emissions proposal is scientifically wrongThe Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.″ The Associated Press asked 30 different scientists, experts in climate, health and economics, about the scientific reality behind this proposal. Nineteen of them responded, all saying that the proposal was scientifically wrong and many of them called it disinformation. They said it was like saying cigarettes don't cause cancer, the world isn't round and arsenic isn't deadly. One said it was hard to find something dumber.
#TheGremlinZoo #EPA #PowerPlants #ClimateChange
From APNews: Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants
AP News · EPA set to roll back rules limiting power plants' greenhouse gases, mercuryThe Environmental Protection Agency is poised to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. It's part of a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says will remove trillions of dollars in costs and “unleash” American energy. The EPA under President Donald Trump also plans to weaken a regulation that requires power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants. The planned rollbacks being announced Wednesday are meant to fulfill the Republican's pledge to “unleash American energy” and make it more affordable for Americans to heat their homes and operate businesses. Environmental groups vow to challenge the rules in court.
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How Monsanto Covered Up Roundup’s Terrifying Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTmtEEdxpPU
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.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5429578/trump-power-plants-epa-climate-change
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.
EPA scales back pollution enforcement under Trump. #Environment #EPA #Pollution #Trump
~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 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-epa-moves-repeal-climate-rules-limit-greenhouse-122742127
ABC News · Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants
#Trump’s #EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/trump-administration-epa-pollution "200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decades" blatant corruption
The Guardian · Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits
"The WH, via OMB R Vought, has instructed agencies like #EPA, #HHS, #NSF, Interior & #NASA 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: #Congress!
#Fascism #Resist #USPol https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-looks-to-freeze-more-agency-funds-and-expand-executive-power/
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.
Up in my corner of #Edmonton we have #AirQuality tonight over 200 using the #EPA system, primarily due to particulate from #WilfireSmoke.
Whilst breathing this sucks, at least it changes the light to a orange-ish tinge, like having almost-sunset daylong instead of around 22:00h.
#pretty
#PrettyDangerous
#AirHazard
#AQ
#air
#breathing
#particulate
#wildfires
#smoke
#VOC
#respirator
#N95
#yeg
#yegne
#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
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump
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.
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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Trump's #EPA will say whatever the #DearLeader wants them to say, regardless of its resemblance to the truth.
The Guardian · Trump’s EPA to claim power-plant emissions ‘not significant’ – but study says otherwise
The US’s Environmental Protection Agency has a new generative artificial intelligence tool. And it believes climate change is dangerous. However, the AI tool threatens to provide answers that contradict the agency’s Trump-nominated leader, Administrator Lee Zeldin. E&E News has more:
Der #Überwachungsstaat wird nicht für unsere Sicherheit gebaut, sondern für den Tag, an dem die #AfD an die Macht kommt. #Biometrie, #Klarnamen, #ePA, #Ausweispflicht – all das dient nur einem Ziel: Menschen zu erfassen, um sie später schneller verfolgen zu können. #NieWieder #EinfacheSprache
But you know, right now the most important thing for Humanity is to develop Artificial Intelligence and global surveillance and go to Mars! /s
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