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'Trump’s EPA' in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation
Lee Zeldin has cut EPA staff by 20% and reduced enforcement actions to one-fifth of Biden-era levels, aligning with Project 2025's fossil fuel–friendly agenda.
- This year, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he aimed to transform the agency by reducing pollution limits and favoring fossil fuels, amid a broad deregulatory shift.
- Project 2025's roadmap and allied industry pressures pushed the agenda, as Zeldin framed policy around five pillars including energy dominance, responding to industry claims of burdensome rules prompting business shifts.
- Zeldin's team cut staff and restructured funding streams, shrinking EPA staff by about 20% and canceling the $20 billion green bank along with billions in grants.
- Environmental justice programs face deep cuts, weakening protections for communities affected by environmental justice concerns, while scientists and public-health experts warn rising mercury, lead and fine particulate matter will increase chronic illness and premature deaths.
- While formal rule changes take time, the agency is using faster administrative moves this year, cutting grants and easing enforcement to bypass the lengthy EPA rulemaking process.
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