Media Contact:
Rebekah Staub, Earthworks, rstaub@earthworks.org
Background: Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced they will begin to eliminate protections for the environment and communities living on the frontlines of fossil fuel and mining pollution.
Statement by Lauren Pagel, Policy Director at Earthworks:
“Repealing these vital protections for communities across our country once again reinforces what we’ve seen up to now, that Trump and his administration are focused on helping the rich and billion-dollar corporations at the expense of everyday people and our future climate. Big oil and gas and mining corporations are getting what they paid for while communities across the U.S. face the cost of more record-breaking wildfires, devastating hurricanes and floods, and extreme heat fueled by fossil fuels, not to mention the severe effects on health and safety.”