She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals.
"Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde."
Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025
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"Trump: EPA Boss Expects To Cut 65 Percent Of Staff"
"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expects to cut most of that agency’s staff, President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he and his administration plow ahead with dramatic reductions to the federal workforce."
Source: E&E News, 02/27/2025
"The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town"
"An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all too uncertain."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/26/2025
Open Door to Industry for Trump Environmental Agency Appointees
It’s not just the heads of Trump administration environmental agencies who come from the industries they now are entrusted to regulate. The latest TipSheet explains that it’s also the political appointees below them — officials responsible for overseeing air, water, toxic chemicals, Superfund, forests and drilling — who are now likely examples of regulatory capture. A short list. Plus, more from our new Trump 2.0 EJWatch special section.
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Fla. Plan to Build Road With Radioactive Waste Prompts Suit Against the EPA
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project late last year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2025
The Forgotten Victims of Hidalgo
Contaminated water sickened thousands of residents near Mexico City for 40 years — even as officials knew they were being poisoned. Then, an investigative news team turned its attention to the polluted region, and produced multiple video and text versions of an award-winning feature focused on the residents’ health, poverty and more. Read a revealing Q&A with investigative producer Carlos Carabaña in the new Inside Story.
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"How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick"
"Scientists launch a new research center to study what they say is now a leading disease risk factor: corporations."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/20/2025
"EPA Plan For LA Wildfire Cleanup Stirs Protests Over Toxic Dangers"
"Demonstrators have protested against an expedited cleanup process that would involve using a beloved beach as a toxic waste sorting site"
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2025
"National Science Foundation Fires Roughly 10% Of Its Workforce"
"The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce in the name of efficiency."
Source: NPR, 02/19/2025
As Trump Upends EPA, Cleanups Of America’s Most Toxic Sites Are Uncertain
"Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century."
Source: AP, 02/18/2025
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