The agency wants to re-open the discussion on the Pebble Mine Project, which could jeopardize the region’s wild salmon population.

The Clean Water Rule may be killed before it was able to take effect.

Soil and water contain dangerous levels of lead and arsenic.

Environmental groups argue it will protect the oil and gas industries while harming residential communities.  

A lead prevention program could end depending on how Congress alters the proposal.

The Obama administration blocked the Pebble Mine Project in 2014 out of concern for its impact on waterways and dependent communities.

 “The Trump Administration can attempt to erase decades of work from scientists and federal employees on the reality of climate change, but burying your head in the sand doesn’t erase the problem,” Emanuel said in a statement.

Both relate to fossil fuel companies and their restrictions (or lack thereof).

A day before the People’ Climate March, the administration decided it was time for an overhaul. 

“This is appalling,” said a representative of the Sierra Club.

According to a leaked internal budget memo, hundreds of jobs will also be cut.  

There could be serious health consequences for farmworkers, children and surrounding communities in danger of drinking water sources polluted with chlorpyrifos.

The revision happened within a day of Secretary Rex Tillerson’s confirmation.

“This is another prime example of environmental racism,” said Leona Morgan of Haul No!, an indigenous-led initiative.

Yet critics doubt the money can save the city from the president’s proposed cuts to the agency.

The soil and water of this predominantly Black and Latinx city contain dangerous levels of lead.

Thirty experts responded to Scott Pruitt’s assertion that carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to climate change.

However, 97 percent of climate scientists agree it is.

Mustafa Ali has been with the agency for 24 years. 

John Coequyt of the Sierra Club: “To cut the environmental justice program at EPA is just racist.”