RoundSparrowJul 19, 2025

#AntiScienceOpera #InfiniteTrumpismARG117 ++
#AntiEnvironment #FWakeEPA #FWakeProPollution

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.boNJ.IjFZ4v9BNwUm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.

The New York Times
RoundSparrowJul 18, 2025

#ProPollution #AntiEnvironment
#FWakeProPollution /\ #FWakeNOLA

I spent time in New Orleans after the oil spill studying this. I was at the #NOLA #NOLAJazzFestival right as the spill happened. 20 April 2010 spill, festival April 23-25. Many locals were teaching about the damage.

https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-coastal-restoration-gulf-oil-spill-affaae2877bf250f636a633a14fbd0c7

Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project

Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project aimed to rebuild over 20 square miles of land in southeast Louisiana to combat erosion and sea level rise. Conservation groups supported the project as a science-based solution to climate change. However, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry opposed it, citing harm to local oystermen and the fishing industry. On Thursday, a coalition of federal agencies overseeing the settlement funds declared the project "no longer viable" because of litigation and a suspended federal permit after the state halted work.

AP News