The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to relax enforcement of countless environmental restrictions in the past month is the latest of a long list of ill-fated deregulations under the Donald Trump administration and is a move that is certain to make the planet’s climate crisis even worse.
The Environmental Protection Agency has planned to eliminate the use of animals as testing objects for chemicals by the year 2035 and require that any mammal studies requested or funded by the EPA after 2035 will need administrator approval on a case-by-case basis. This is a start to begin making the necessary changes that will help keep more animals alive and sustain our environment.
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency does not care to protect our environment. California and 17 other states are suing the EPA in response to the Agency’s push to decrease the gas mileage requirement. This pro-business decision will reverse the Obama administration’s significant effort to combat global warming.
The United States Senate approved the 2011 federal budget plan last week, an action that has been long overdue and wrought with problems. However, the approval came with one questionable addition.