In this issue: The Trump Administration is gutting federal agencies, how Trump’s new executive order takes aim at the Endangered Species Act, the 10 ways Earthjustice will fight this administration to protect our environment, and more.
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FROM THE FRONTLINES
An attack on critical government agencies
Firings, employee buyout schemes, shutting down an entire agency. The Trump administration is gutting federal funding and attacking the public servants who are critical to making our government function. Hollowing out the agencies that oversee the environment will endanger all of us. Read more: [link removed]
10 ways we’ll fight this administration to protect our environment
Learn about 10 critical battles we will fight to protect the progress we have made in cleaning up our air and water, preserving the web of life, and securing the health of communities everywhere. Read more: [link removed]
A handout to Trump allies dressed up as wildfire relief
Citing the fires in Los Angeles, Trump ordered federal agencies to immediately deliver more water — not to Southern California, but to the Central Valley hundreds of miles away, where agribusiness stands to profit. He told the agencies to override any rules that might hinder this operation, such as endangered species protections. Read more: [link removed]
This new executive order is just the beginning of this administration’s attacks on endangered species
President Trump’s executive order seeks to empower an extinction committee, sometimes referred to as the “God Squad,” to greenlight controversial projects that prioritize special interests, even at the cost of wiping out an entire species. Read more: [link removed]
The “drill, baby, drill” agenda
On Day One, President Trump declared an “energy emergency” and issued a flurry of executive actions targeting public lands and waters for fossil fuel extraction. Taken together, these orders seek to rob the American people of millions of acres that belong to them so they can be auctioned off to the fossil fuel industry. Read more: [link removed]
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
The Trump Administration is gutting federal agencies. Tell Congress to act.
The President has called for the elimination of offices and programs that make critical policy decisions to protect our health, safety, and the environment. Weakening federal agencies means weaker enforcement of environmental protections, endangering all of us.
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