Environmental Integrity Project

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Erasing climate change from programs doesn’t make the threat disappear. The EPA needs to be transparent with the public about climate risks, especially as extreme weather worsens. Communities and water utilities need clear, honest information to prepare and stay safe.

This move reflects a broader effort to strip climate references from government programs while still acknowledging growing extreme weather threats. Removing this information prevents EPA from presenting a full picture of climate risks to water systems and infrastructure.

EPA eliminated an Obama-era program that helped water utilities prepare for extreme weather fueled by warmer temperatures, replacing it with a new similar program, Strengthening Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT), that avoids references to climate change. eenews.net/articles/epa-s…

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Public hearing planned April 9 on draft permits for carbon storage wells at LA biofuels facility oilandgaswatch.org/alert/5c95872f… @theadvocatebr

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Weakening these rules comes at the expense of the health and safety of workers and surrounding communities.

EPA claims Biden-era rules on ethylene oxide threaten medical device sterilization and the domestic supply chain. But this chemical is also linked to leukemia and other cancers, putting workers and nearby communities at serious risk.

Recently, EPA proposed to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden Administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean medical devices like catheters and syringes. apnews.com/article/epa-me…

Public comment period open on natural gas pipeline expansion in central MS oilandgaswatch.org/alert/b469bd34… @cleanenergyorg

The evidence is clear: climate change is real, and ignoring science won’t stop its impact on our planet.

Researchers say their analysis is more accurate than previous studies because it accounts for and removes the effects of natural factors, like the impacts from El Niño that contributed to record-high global temperatures in 2023 and 2024.

A new study in Geophysical Research Letters finds the rate of global warming has increased since 2015 and is now almost double what it was in the 1970s, reaching about 0.35°C per decade. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Trump Administration proposes rollback of rules meant to prevent chemical disasters news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/brief… @StopToxics @FencelineWatch @airallianceHOU

Just because Trump says “Drill, baby, drill” doesn’t mean companies will. If drilling in places like Cook Inlet is too costly or unprofitable, companies just won’t bid, no matter how much pressure there is to expand drilling.

Cook Inlet was a major basin for oil and gas, but its reserves are declining, and companies think it's too expensive to drill in the area. Despite the lack of interest from the industry, the federal government will hold five more lease sales in Cook Inlet until 2032.

Last week marked the federal deadline for oil companies to bid on roughly 1 million acres in Alaska’s Cook Inlet for drilling. No companies submitted bids. cnn.com/2026/03/05/cli…

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