Two days ago, we scored another court victory against the Trump administration in their war on environmental protection.
A federal district court judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management, under Secretary Ryan Zinke, acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it rescinded the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule on oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands.
This important rule set tough standards on discharges of methane, toxic benzene, volatile organic compounds and other airborne contaminants in twelve states and the Navajo Nation. And our court victory is a huge step forward in our effort to cut dangerous climate and air pollution.
After taking a well-deserved moment to celebrate this important victory, our legal team was right back to work on a slew of other cases still in progress.
Please give our legal team the best hope of defending our most critical health protections by making a donation to our Summer Match campaign. Every $1 you give today will unlock $2 more, tripling your impact – and if you start a new monthly gift, your first twelve gifts will be matched $3-for-$1.
Once again, the Trump administration faced this setback in court for failing to follow the law when attacking crucial public health and environmental safeguards.
This week’s judicial ruling thoroughly defeats Trump’s efforts to undo these safeguards, and shapes the law in ways that will reverberate for many years to come in supporting climate progress.
The court found, for example, that the Bureau had failed to satisfy its legal obligation to inform locally impacted communities about threats to their health that would result from rolling back the Waste Prevention Rule – in fact, they didn’t even bother to conduct a comprehensive analysis before declaring that the impacts would not be significant.
Altogether, the Trump administration has attempted to roll back, weaken or delay about 100 different environmental protections since 2017. The sheer volume of reversals is itself a tactical attack, intended to exhaust our resources so that we let a few slip through the cracks.
Don’t miss your chance to double or even triple the impact of your support this summer, as we continue to fight to protect the Clean Car Standards, the Clean Power Plan, Mercury & Air Toxics standard and other life-saving protections targeted for repeal by the current administration.
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