The horrendous Trump administration is all bad news for the environment.
Here's one of the leading examples:
"EPA administrator Lee Zeldin has reportedly lobbied to strike down the scientific finding so the White House can more easily repeal regulations which fight climate change."
Earlier this month, the Trump Administration notified more than 1,100 EPA employees that they could be dismissed 'immediately' at any time.
That group included scientists and experts who research and enforce policies related to air pollution, hazardous waste cleanup, and environmental emergency response.
Members of two influential EPA advisory committees which provide scientific guidance to the head of the agency were ousted in January.
Myron Ebell, the leader of Trump's EPA transition team during the president's first term, noted that striking down the endangerment finding would likely make overturning Joe Biden's climate policies a smoother process.
'If you want to go back and redo one of these rules, you're going to have a very spirited court battle if you ignore the endangerment finding,' Ebell said. 'So I think they really need to do this.'
However, Sean Donahue, an attorney for environmental groups which support the endangerment finding, believes any effort to repeal the 2009 scientific finding would be struck down in court."
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