Farmers, Environmentalists Sue Trump Over EPA Cuts

About this episode

The episode discusses a lawsuit against the Trump administration's EPA regarding the repeal of critical environmental protections.

Environmental groups and Alaskan tribes sued the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency for unlawfully repealing the endangerment finding and motor vehicle emissions standards. The EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding is the scientific determination that greenhouse gas pollution harms public health and welfare.. The rollback ignores established science and removes critical safeguards at a time when farmers need them the most. Every season, farmers are navigating more uncertainty – excessive rain, lack of rain, excessive heat, and everything in between. Wes Gillingham of Wild Roots Farm and NOFA-NY talks ot Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Dunlea

Guest: Wes Gillingham

Topics covered

• EPA cuts
• environmental law
• agriculture
• climate change
• public health

Keywords

• EPA
• lawsuit
• environmental groups
• greenhouse gas
• public health
• farmers
• emissions standards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wild Roots Farm, NOFA-NY, Trump administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Hudson Mohawk Magazine

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