Tag: environment

Happy Valentine’s Day EPA

love-epaLast week, Stand.earth asked their supporters to show EPA staff some love on Valentine’s Day –for science, for communities and for the climate. Here are the thousands of love notes they received.  Some examples:

  • Thank you for your efforts to keep the environment safe for present and future generations!
  • At least a quarter-billion people in this country want EPA to keep doing what it’s always done.  We hope you’ll thwart what Trump tries to do.  We’ll give you all the support we can!
  • Thank you for fighting the good fight and for everything you do at the EPA!!! Those of us rational people of conscience truly appreciate it! We’ll keep fighting for you just as you’ve fought for our environment.
  • I love the EPA and what it has done to improve the purity of the air we breathe and the water we drink.  Please continue your efforts relentlessly to protect our environment.

Environmental Protections Threatened by Sequestration and Funding Cuts

Federal agencies have started feeling the impact of the across-the-board spending cuts, known as sequestration, that went into effect March 1. Plans to furlough employees and cut programs are underway at many of the agencies charged with issuing and enforcing public health and safety standards. For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), these additional funding cuts will further drain already decreasing resources and impair the agency’s ability to protect our air, water, and health. Continue reading “Environmental Protections Threatened by Sequestration and Funding Cuts”

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