Lee Zeldin, President Trump’s appointed head of EPA, unleashed a series of announcements last week aimed at dismantling standards that protect our families from mercury, methane, tailpipe pollution, and much more.
Our Director and Co-Founder, Dominique Browning, responds with an op-ed in U.S. News & World Report that excoriates Zeldin for his complete disregard for EPA’s stated mission—to protect and enhance the environment.
Tell Administrator Zeldin: Cutting Climate Pollution Is One of EPA’s Most Important Jobs
In other news
- Dominique’s initial reaction to Administrator Zeldin’s move to gut critical pollution protections is included in reporting by The Guardian, Mother Jones, EcoWatch, and Futurism.
- Reuters quotes Stephanie Reese (pictured), our Director of Strategic Implementation and Justice, in a piece about cuts to climate funding and environmental justice programs.
- National Field Manager Celerah Hewes makes the case for strong oil and gas pollution safeguards in a Santa Fe New Mexican op-ed.
- Elizabeth Bechard, our National Public Health Manager, talks to Inside Climate News about the importance of curbing soot pollution.
- PA Environment Daily Digest covers the celebration of the plugging of the 300th oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, which Moms attended, as well as the hearing where community members spoke out again the expansion of a gas processing plant—and the testimony delivered by Ohio River Valley Field Organizer Rachel Meyer.
Honorable mention
Over the last couple of weeks, Moms earned mentions in the Grant County Beat, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Phoenix Business-Journal.
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- Dominique in U.S. News & World Report
- Stephanie in Reuters
Tell Administrator Zeldin: Cutting Climate Pollution Is One of EPA’s Most Important Jobs