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June 3, 2026

Poll Results: Americans Want Stronger Protections from Chemicals and Pollution because They Can’t Afford to Get Sick

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2026   CONTACT: Aaron Bharucha, Public Relations Associate (509) 429-1699 and epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org Poll: Americans Want Stronger Protections from Chemicals and Pollution…

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February 4, 2026

EPA Staffing Fact Sheet

EPA Staffing Fact Sheet Environmental Protection Network February 4, 2026 As of September 2025, EPA had 12,198 staff, which is 10% below (more than 2,000…

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March 20, 2025

Facts: Rollbacks of Pollution Rules Will Cost 200k Lives

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA will attempt to roll back or eliminate 31 public health and environmental regulations, calling it: “the greatest day…

Air EPA Facts

March 3, 2025

Facts: Lee Zeldin’s Hunt for Fool’s Gold

On February 13, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claimed to uncover a $20 billion fund at EPA that he said were taxpayer “gold bars.” Despite…

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February 27, 2025

Facts: We All Lose if We Lose Environmental Justice from EPA

EPA’s environmental justice programs focus resources where the need is greatest by following the pollution. That’s not only the right thing to do, but also…

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February 25, 2025

Facts: The Trump Administration’s Attacks on EPA Will Harm Public Health and Safety

In his first official cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump indicated that he plans to cut EPA by 65%, which would mean that…

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February 25, 2025

Facts: The Trump Administration Wants to Traumatize EPA staff

– Trump’s team is trying to traumatize EPA staff because they can’t legally fire the people who are doing good work protecting our air and…

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February 25, 2025

Facts: The Trump Administration’s Attacks on EPA Are Unlawful

The Trump Administration’s attacks on EPA are an unlawful overreach of presidential authority intended to put the interests of corporate polluters ahead of protecting the…

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February 25, 2025

Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone

In an oped published by the New York Times, former EPA Administrators William K. Reilly, Christine Todd Whitman and Gina McCarthy explain the impacts that…

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