zztop
Well-known member
Offline
A topic regarding anti-environment policies and Republican rhetoric/reasoning for causing more harm to the environment
Republican war against the environment (1 Viewer)
- Thread starterzztop
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Tags
- environment environmental evs solar
Users who are viewing this thread
Optimus Prime
Well-known member
Online
The Donald Trump administration has dropped up to $4m in potential fines against the private prison operator Geo Group over the latter’s use of a toxic disinfectant in a detention center that allegedly put employees’ and detainees’ health at risk.
The administration made the move after Geo donated over $4m to the president and Republican leadership, as well as Trump’s inauguration fund.
Geo is a key piece of the administration’s immigration crackdown, and the federal government has paid it billions of dollars to hold US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detainees.
The company faced fines of up to about $3,550 for each of its approximately 1,100 violations for failing to provide its workers with protection from a toxic disinfectant heavily sprayed at its Adelanto, California, immigration facility in 2022-2023.
The US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Justice changing course after the election is “highly unusual”, Gary Jonesi, a former EPA enforcement manager who retired earlier this year, told the Guardian. He called it a “complete surrender”.
“If this is not due to political intervention on behalf of an early and large Trump donor who stands to gain from managing Ice detention facilities and private prisons, then surely it is at least partly due to the intimidation that career staff feel in an environment when federal employees are being fired and reassigned to undesirable tasks and locations,” Jonesi said.
In an email, the EPA said: “As a matter of longstanding practice, EPA does not comment on litigation.”
Geo said: “The case was dismissed with prejudice because the allegations were completely baseless and without merit.”……….
www.theguardian.com
The administration made the move after Geo donated over $4m to the president and Republican leadership, as well as Trump’s inauguration fund.
Geo is a key piece of the administration’s immigration crackdown, and the federal government has paid it billions of dollars to hold US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detainees.
The company faced fines of up to about $3,550 for each of its approximately 1,100 violations for failing to provide its workers with protection from a toxic disinfectant heavily sprayed at its Adelanto, California, immigration facility in 2022-2023.
The US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Justice changing course after the election is “highly unusual”, Gary Jonesi, a former EPA enforcement manager who retired earlier this year, told the Guardian. He called it a “complete surrender”.
“If this is not due to political intervention on behalf of an early and large Trump donor who stands to gain from managing Ice detention facilities and private prisons, then surely it is at least partly due to the intimidation that career staff feel in an environment when federal employees are being fired and reassigned to undesirable tasks and locations,” Jonesi said.
In an email, the EPA said: “As a matter of longstanding practice, EPA does not comment on litigation.”
Geo said: “The case was dismissed with prejudice because the allegations were completely baseless and without merit.”……….
EPA drops case against prison company that has donated heavily to Trump
Geo Group faced up to $4m in fines for violations involving the use of a toxic disinfectant at an immigration facility
fooferdoggie
Well-known member
Offline
blatant corruption at its finest.
LA 2 L.A.
Well-known member
Offline
This is at least adjacent to the environment topic and doesn't warrant it's own thread.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, all 6 conservative justices ruled in favor, to allow a company to store nuclear waste in southwest Texas. Fortunately, it's far away from Louisiana. It's unfortunate for everyone in southwest Texas and southeast New Mexico. Texas fought really hard against letting it happen. New Mexico fought against it as well, but they have a better track record when it comes to fighting for the environment. Regarding Texas, you reap what you sow comes to mind.
apnews.com
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, all 6 conservative justices ruled in favor, to allow a company to store nuclear waste in southwest Texas. Fortunately, it's far away from Louisiana. It's unfortunate for everyone in southwest Texas and southeast New Mexico. Texas fought really hard against letting it happen. New Mexico fought against it as well, but they have a better track record when it comes to fighting for the environment. Regarding Texas, you reap what you sow comes to mind.
Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico
The Supreme Court has restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.
apnews.comfooferdoggie
Well-known member
Offline
- Thread starter
- #24
OP
OP
zztop
Well-known member
Offline
Republicans can't stop wasting money - they want to scrap USPS' awesome EVs
An opportunity to waste money, harm the environment, put your kids at risk, AND increase labor costs? Republicans are all over it.
electrek.coAs reported by the Washington Post, Senate republicans are considering a version of the tax bill that would auction off these vehicles, at pennies on the dollar, seemingly simply out of spite for the program.
As usual, republican justifications for the billions of dollars in waste they’re proposing don’t stand up to even the slightest amount of scrutiny.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that the plan “aims to cut unnecessary costs and focus USPS on delivering mail and not achieving the environmental initiatives pushed by the Biden Administration.”
Um, how to put this gently? Flock Rand Paul.Republicans can't stop wasting money - they want to scrap USPS' awesome EVs
An opportunity to waste money, harm the environment, put your kids at risk, AND increase labor costs? Republicans are all over it.
As reported by the Washington Post, Senate republicans are considering a version of the tax bill that would auction off these vehicles, at pennies on the dollar, seemingly simply out of spite for the program.
As usual, republican justifications for the billions of dollars in waste they’re proposing don’t stand up to even the slightest amount of scrutiny.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that the plan “aims to cut unnecessary costs and focus USPS on delivering mail and not achieving the environmental initiatives pushed by the Biden Administration.”
It's especially baffling because they donated just as much as the fines would be. I guess maybe to avoid spending money to change processes, but the second we get a new administration they will probably get fined again anyways. Seems cheaper to pay the fines and change the business practice.
LA 2 L.A.
Well-known member
Offline
Looks like another battle won in the war against those who destroy our environment and our health to hoard wealth and power.
apnews.com
Wisconsin Supreme Court delivers win for environmentalists in fight over ‘forever chemicals’
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
apnews.com- Thread starter
- #28
OP
OP
zztop
Well-known member
Offline
update:Republicans can't stop wasting money - they want to scrap USPS' awesome EVs
An opportunity to waste money, harm the environment, put your kids at risk, AND increase labor costs? Republicans are all over it.
As reported by the Washington Post, Senate republicans are considering a version of the tax bill that would auction off these vehicles, at pennies on the dollar, seemingly simply out of spite for the program.
As usual, republican justifications for the billions of dollars in waste they’re proposing don’t stand up to even the slightest amount of scrutiny.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that the plan “aims to cut unnecessary costs and focus USPS on delivering mail and not achieving the environmental initiatives pushed by the Biden Administration.”
Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says
LA 2 L.A.
Well-known member
Offline
And give her a trustworthy security detail, because tyrant Trump and his supporters will soon be gunning for her.
- Thread starter
- #31
OP
OP
zztop
Well-known member
Offline
Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands
The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands.
apnews.comLA 2 L.A.
Well-known member
Offline
Swap out Trump and Miller for Skarsgard and Pena and you got the perfect movie poster for tyrant Trump's administration.Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands
The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands.
Lapaz
Well-known member
Offline
The big ugly bill may get less ugly as it is scrutinized and illegal legislation is removed.
LA 2 L.A.
Well-known member
Offline
It's getting less ugly, but it'll never be anything less than butt-ugly.
- Thread starter
- #35
OP
OP
zztop
Well-known member
Offline
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts.
The announcement was formalized on Wednesday when NOAA distributed a service change notice to all users, including the National Hurricane Center, that by next Monday, June 30th, they would no longer receive real-time microwave data collected aboard three weather satellites jointly run by NOAA and the U.S. Department of Defense.
The permanent discontinuation of data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) will severely impede and degrade hurricane forecasts
The announcement was formalized on Wednesday when NOAA distributed a service change notice to all users, including the National Hurricane Center, that by next Monday, June 30th, they would no longer receive real-time microwave data collected aboard three weather satellites jointly run by NOAA and the U.S. Department of Defense.
The permanent discontinuation of data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) will severely impede and degrade hurricane forecasts
LA 2 L.A.
Well-known member
Offline
I really don't like the labeling of "red" and "blue" states, but since the people that are dismantling hurricane forecasting love that labeling, then I will speak their language.
Let's lists the states that are being put at the biggest unnecessary risk by this. They are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. That is a massive sea wall of red states that are the most likely to get hit by a major hurricane. They all helped tyrant Trump get elected and this is how he repays him.
Oh and by the way, this was also in Project 2025, you know the thing we were all told we were stupid to be concerned about.
Create an account or login to comment
You must be a member in order to leave a comment
Create account
Create an account on our community. It's easy!
Log in
Already have an account? Log in here.