pollution

2 briefs

power 2026-05-09

The EPA Deregulated 180 Polluters Via Email. It Called This the Biggest Deregulatory Action in US History.

ProPublica revealed that the Trump EPA granted two-year Clean Air Act exemptions to over 180 major industrial facilities through a simple email request system. The agency's own air quality scientists were sidelined.

ethics 2026-04-21

Trump's EPA Cuts Are Making the Air Dirtier. The People Breathing It Cannot Afford to Move.

DOGE-driven EPA staff cuts have gutted enforcement capacity in the same states where air quality was already failing federal standards. The regulatory apparatus still exists on paper. It has stopped functioning.