EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has thoroughly corrupted his agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment. The impacts of the pollution he is unleashing will endanger people’s lives for years, including our children’s health. It’s time for him to go. El …
Tell the Trump Administration: Don’t Bail Out Coal. Protect Our Children’s Health!
We know that coal is bad for our health, our environment, and our wallets. We cannot afford policies that prioritize corporate polluters over the well-being of our children and the future of our planet. Sabemos que el carbón es perjudicial para nuestra …
Tell Congress: Protect Our Families From Harmful Toxic Chemicals
Congress is considering weakening protections from substances found in daily consumer products, like children’s toys, electronics, and rugs. This move to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act is terrifying and dangerous, and children will suffer the most. El Congreso está considerando debilitar …
Tell Congress: Defend EPA’s Ability to Protect Human Health and the Environment
The current assault on EPA by polluters and their allies in the White House and Congress is unprecedented. Protecting the environment and human health cannot be done without essential funding and staff. El ataque actual contra la EPA por parte de los …
Tell Congress: Protect Families From the Plastics and Petrochemical Industry
Toxic pollution from the plastics and petrochemical industry threatens the air we breathe and the water we drink, exposing families across the U.S. to health-harming industrial chemicals. Our government must protect us! La contaminación tóxica de la industria del plástico y la …
Tell Congress: Save the Chemical Safety Board
The Chemical Safety Board is the only federal agency that investigates the causes of chemical incidents, making conditions better for workers, businesses, and neighborhoods. And yet its funding is currently on the chopping block. La Junta de Seguridad Química es la única …
Tell Congress: Burning Plastic Is Not a Solution to the Plastics Crisis
“Advanced recycling,” a.k.a. burning plastic, is not a solution to the plastic pollution crisis. It is dangerous. Any legislation before Congress promoting “advanced recycling” would mean the proliferation of plastics-burning facilities across the country—and it would exempt these incinerators from air pollution …
Tell Congress: Protect Our Ability to Prepare for and Recover From Severe Weather Threats
The government agencies that play a vital role in keeping families safe from weather threats and helping communities recover from disasters—the National Weather Service, NOAA, and FEMA—are under direct attack by the Trump administration. Las agencias gubernamentales que desempeñan un papel vital …
Tell Congress: Freezing Federal Funding Hurts Children
The Constitution gives Congress the “power of the purse.” And yet funds passed by Congress—and benefitting families nationwide—have now been frozen by the Trump administration without congressional approval. La Constitución otorga al Congreso el “poder monetario”. Y, sin embargo, los fondos aprobados …
