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The 1996 act allows lawmakers to overturn rules that have been recently approved by the executive branch with a simple majority vote. #Republicans asserted that the act also allowed #Congress to overturn the #EPA waivers.

The #Senate passed the resolutions over the objections of the nonpartisan Senate #parliamentarian & an #independent #watchdog, which both had ruled that lawmakers lacked the legal authority to revoke the waivers.

#Trump#California#law
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…For more than 50 years, the #CleanAirAct has allowed #California to set pollution standards that are stricter than federal rules, as long as the state obtains waivers for them from the #EPA.
The resolutions #Trump signed Thurs also revoke waivers for 2 other CA #CleanAir policies. One blocks CA from requiring that ½ of all new #trucks sold in the #state be #electric by 2035. Another stops the state from putting limits on allowable #emissions of nitrogen oxide from #cars & trucks.

"The WH, via OMB R Vought, has instructed agencies like #EPA, #HHS, #NSF, Interior & #NASA to freeze over $30B in spending -raising serious constitutional Qs about Congress’s “power of the purse” & the expansion of pres exec authority."
-C Young

Targets incl NSF research & edu prgms that operate using funding leftover from 2024 +🚨tens of $Ms for nat park ops +>$100M in science spending at NASA, which incls. climate res.

Power of purse: #Congress!
#Fascism #Resist #USPol eenews.net/articles/white-hous

E&E News by POLITICO · White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive powerThe latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.

#EPA Drops Legal Case Against the #GEOGroup, a Major #Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful #Chemicals in #ICE Facilities

A complaint filed under the #Biden admin alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 & 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage & skin burns, without proper protection.

#law #immigration #health #safety #HumanRights #CivilRights #PrisonersRights
propublica.org/article/epa-leg

ProPublicaEPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility
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An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.

Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.

propublica.org/article/epa-leg

ProPublicaEPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility
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#News#EPA#Environment

The US’s Environmental Protection Agency has a new generative artificial intelligence tool. And it believes climate change is dangerous. However, the AI tool threatens to provide answers that contradict the agency’s Trump-nominated leader, Administrator Lee Zeldin. E&E News has more:

flip.it/F4G__C

E&E News by POLITICO · EPA’s new AI tool disagrees with Zeldin on climate changeThe generative model rolled out two weeks ago contradicts the administrator on the dangers of warming.

Trump cuts hundreds of #EPA #grants, leaving #cities on the hook for #climate resiliency
Critics argue the projects losing funding aren’t "woke," they’re essential.
Under the Trump administration, the EPA has canceled or interrupted hundreds of grants aimed at improving #health and severe #weather preparedness because the agency “determined that the grant applications no longer support administration priorities,” according to an emailed statement to Grist.
grist.org/cities/trump-cuts-hu

Grist · Trump cuts hundreds of EPA grants, leaving cities on the hook for climate resiliencyVon Emily Jones