Two days ago, July, 15th, was another Court Victory against the Trump Administration in their War on Environmental Protection.

A Federal District Court Judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under Former Secretary Ryan Zinke (2017-2019), acted Arbitrarily and Capriciously when it Rescinded the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule on Oil and Gas Operations on Public and Tribal Lands.

This important Rule set Tough Standards on Discharges of Methane, Toxic Benzene, Volatile Organic Compounds, and other Airborne Contaminants in Twelve States and the Navajo Nation.

The Court Victory is a huge step forward in the Effort to Cut Dangerous Climate and Air Pollution.

Once again, the Trump Administration faced this Setback in Court for Failing to Follow the Law when Attacking Crucial Public Health and Environmental Safeguards.

This week’s Judicial Ruling thoroughly Defeats Trump’s Efforts to Undo these Safeguards, and shapes the Law in ways that will Reverberate for many years to come in Supporting Climate Progress.

The Court found that the BLM had Failed to Satisfy its Legal Obligation to Inform Locally Impacted Communities about Threats to their Health that would Result from Rolling Back the Waste Prevention Rule, in fact, they didn’t even Bother to Conduct a Comprehensive Analysis before declaring that the Impacts would Not be Significant.

Altogether, the Trump Administration has attempted to Roll Back, Weaken, or Delay about 100 Different Environmental Protections since 2017. The sheer Volume of Reversals is itself a Tactical Attack, intended to Exhaust Legal Resources so that a few Slip through the Cracks.

We must Protect: the Clean Car Standards; the Clean Power Plan; Mercury & Air Toxics Standard, and other Life-Saving Protections targeted for Repeal by the Current Administration.

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