Slowly Abolishing EPA

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of activities to ensure environmental protection. Since its creation, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. EPA's mission is to protect human health by safeguarding the air we breathe, water we drink and land on which we live.

“Environmental protection, what they do is a disgrace,” Mr. Trump said after the election. “Every week they come out with new regulations.”

Scott Pruitt, who was picked by President Trump to run the Environmental Protection Agency has a blueprint to repeal climate change rules, cut staffing levels, close regional offices and permanently weaken the agency’s regulatory authority.

“Here’s my impression about Pruitt: I don’t think he’s going in there to blow up the agency, I think he’ll be very careful to make sure they’ve done everything legally to cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s.” - Jeffrey Holmstead, a senior E.P.A. official during the George W. Bush administration.

Myron Ebell, a climate-change denier who led Mr. Trump’s E.P.A. transition team proposed to slash the E.P.A.’s staff by two-thirds, to 5,000 from about 15,000. The president has promised also to “eliminate” former President Barack Obama’s major environmental regulations, including a global warming rule and another major regulation to curb pollution in lakes, streams and rivers.

"The Obama climate plan is aimed at transforming the nation’s electric power system, driving it away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. It would most likely close most of the nation’s approximately 600 coal-fired power plants and replace them with wind and solar facilities, aiming to cut 2005 levels of greenhouse gas pollution nearly a third by 2030. Mr. Pruitt’s draft climate rule is designed to leave most coal-fired power plants open, but require them to install energy-efficient technology to slightly lower their emissions."

As Coral Davenport says for the New York Times: "But in Mr. Pruitt, who is expected to be confirmed by the Senate this week, the president has tapped a surgeon, not a butcher, to fulfill those pledges. As much as anyone, Mr. Pruitt knows the legal intricacies of environmental regulation — and deregulation. As Oklahoma’s attorney general for the last six years, he has led or taken part in 14 lawsuits against the E.P.A."

The full article can be found here: Scott Pruitt Is Seen Cutting the E.P.A. With a Scalpel, Not a Cleaver

The official 'Rogue' Facebook page of the National Park Service has posted this:

"Action Item: Scott Pruitt, leader of the EPA. who was assigned by Trump has created plans to abolish the EPA. He created a blueprint to repeal climate change rules, slash the EPA’s staff by two-thirds, close regional offices, and permanently weaken the agency’s regulatory authority. It's time to stand up against Scott Pruitt. Call your representative and senator at (202) 224-3121. Also, we tagged Scott Pruitt above feel free to post your opinion on his Facebook, he disabled the ability to post on his wall so try to utilize the comment section on his post."

Please call your representative and senator at (202) 224-3121.

Here is some advice: "For everyone calling, only senators get to vote on cabinet nominees. Also, if you want to bypass the switchboard and go straight to your elected officials, text your zip code to 520-200-2223. You'll get a text back with everyone's contact info!"

Here is a site from where you can get the necessary information too: http://www.phoneyourrep.com/

The official page of Scott Pruitt is here: https://www.facebook.com/ScottPruitt/. You can leave him a comment under a picture, since he disabled the posting feature.