The E.P.A. will no longer consider lives saved when setting rules on air pollution…the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives. #pollution #TrumpEPA #environment

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

The New York Times

Harris County on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following the Trump administration's move to claw back more than $250 million secured for solar energy initiatives in Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/10/13/533278/harris-county-files-federal-lawsuit-over-trump-administrations-solar-grant-claw-back/

#EnergyEnvironment #Environment #News #Epa #SolarForAll #SolarGrant #TrumpEPA

Harris County sues EPA after Trump administration claws back $250 million solar grant

Money earmarked for a cohort of local governments and organizations in Texas was rescinded on Aug. 7 when the county received a termination letter from the EPA claiming to end the initiative.

Houston Public Media
“Trump admin asks court to gut EPA’s first-ever limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water. Corporate greed > public health, as usual. #PFAS #ClimateCrisis #TrumpEPAsubscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: Trump admin asks cou...
E&E News: Trump admin asks court to kill 4 PFAS drinking water limits

The prior administration failed to follow a procedural step in the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA attorneys said in a new filing.

“Trump EPA just wiped out emissions reporting for coal plants, factories, and refineries. Basically: pollute as much as you want, the planet be damned. Accountability = extinct. 🌍💀 #ClimateEmergency #TrumpEPAwww.cnn.com/2025/09/12/c...

Trump admin won’t make pollute...
Trump admin won’t make polluters report how much they’ve polluted

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin framed the new steps as a move to end burdensome regulations. Climate advocates blasted it as a way to give polluters a free pass.

CNN

Look on the bright side: At least the EPA won't be able to shut down the Ghostbusters' containment unit now.

#Ghostbusters #TrumpEPA

Trump's choice for the new head of the #EPA confirms a deregulatory shift at the federal level.

“Zeldin has very little environmental experience, but that also seems to be the reason he was chosen," Baykeeper executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh told KQED. "It looks like he’s going to be very pro-fossil fuels, pro-pollution and just trying to get rid of the regulations that protect human health across the country."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/trump-water-farmers-19907689.php #leezeldin #zeldin #trumpepa #environment