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Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is bracing for major upheaval if Donald Trump returns to the presidency, with anticipated cuts to staff and environmental protections.

During his previous term, Trump rolled back over 100 environmental regulations, leading to staff departures and a weakened EPA.

Now, with plans under “Project 2025,” Trump allies aim to dismantle offices focused on environmental justice and pollution enforcement, prioritize loyalty in staffing, and potentially reverse Biden-era policies on PFAS, lead, and climate regulations.

EPA employees express heightened anxiety, fearing intensified ideological interference.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yup. Without planning or support, and during a pandemic, Trump was able to repeal 112 environmental regulations in his first term. He’ll definitely be more damaging this time around.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 days ago

He already said he wants to divy up all protected lands and sell them to the highest bidder. All your national parks will become playgrounds of the 1% and off limits to vile proles such as us.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Curious, How many of those regulation were put back place in the last four years?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Regulations are written by Congress. The Republicans controlled the House this term, so not many. Legislation is much quicker and easier to repeal than to enact.

Many of the climate actions that can be directly overseen by the President have been addressed by Biden. He rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, revoked the Keystone Pipeline permit, created a 13 million acre federal petroleum reserve for Alaskan wildlife, greatly increased oil site lease cost, signed $7B in solar subsidies, invested $66B in passenger rail, enacted the Inflation Reduction act to support clean energy, increased energy efficiency standards on cars, appliances, and industry, and created new permitting rules to streamline transmission lines, all in one term.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Informative, Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Seems stupid to get rid of pfa, and lead enforcement. That will affect even the dickheads who are repealing the laws.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Not when you have money to mitigate or even remove problems. The 1% are a sheltered bunch. It's like The Purge movies. The people that commoners would probably like to get to are the most protected by their money and what it can buy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hah lol no. PFAS are so pervasive already that you get exposure from wind coming off the ocean at a beach. Only way the 1% can keep themselves safe from pollutants would be to buy hermetically sealed bunkers to live in and never come out. Oh wait, never mind...

https://theconversation.com/billionaires-are-building-bunkers-and-buying-islands-but-are-they-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-or-pioneering-a-new-feudalism-223987

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Lol no.

"You can just buy a different environment" is an immediately self-disproving statement.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They don't care. They will be in the hospital dying of cancer and mail in their Trump vote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Trump-brand cancer!