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Nonilex<p>In more than 200 pages, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> at that time outlined the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> &amp; detailed how increasingly severe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWaves</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/droughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>droughts</span></a> were expected to contribute to higher rates of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-08/documents/endangerment_tsd.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epa.gov/sites/default/files/20</span><span class="invisible">16-08/documents/endangerment_tsd.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since taking office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has abandoned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> efforts to tackle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>. He also has moved to roll back virtually every federal policy aimed at curbing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a> from the burning of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>. His admin has encouraged more production &amp; use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> while stifling the growth of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EVs</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Those <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a>, which were based on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/endangerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endangerment</span></a> finding, were a fundamental part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin’s efforts to move the country away from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gasoline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gasoline</span></a>-powered vehicles. The transportation sector is the largest source of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a> emissions in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> intends to argue that imposing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> regulations on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/automakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automakers</span></a> poses the real harm to human <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> because it would lead to higher prices &amp; reduced consumer choice…. [what?]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>

This is so idiotic. Class AAA grift.

As if Canadians especially, but other tourists as well, can or want to drop $350CAD each at the border. "Oh honey, let's visit Maine. Do we have an extra $700 to get a visa?"

Any talk of "refundable" is just noise.

That sound is the screams from tourism organizations and business associations.

cbsnews.com/news/us-visa-integ

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“It is dismantling a world-class organization, & the American people are not going to be well served by this,” said Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, who worked at the #EPA for 40 years & led the #research office under the first #Trump admin. “These actions are very shortsighted, & the way they’re going about it is very callous & very cruel.”

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…The American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, a #union that represents more than 8,000 #EPA workers, slammed Friday’s announcement.

The #science office “is the heart & brain of the EPA,” said Justin Chen, president of #AFGE Council 238. “Without it, we don’t have the means to assess impacts upon human #health & the #environment. Its destruction will devastate #PublicHealth in our country.”

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…The #EPA’s #science office provides the independent #research that underpins nearly all of the agency’s policies & #regulations. It has analyzed the risks of hazardous chemicals, the impact of #wildfire smoke on #PublicHealth & the contamination of drinking water by hydraulic fracturing, or #fracking. Its research has often justified stricter environmental rules, prompting pushback from chemical manufacturers & other industries.

“People deserve to know if this is a politically motivated attack on free speech.”

Anyone who can’t perceive that oligarchs grant deference and actions to a criminal president tool of capitalism for economic favor from government are unreachable catastrophic idiots.

At this point if you don’t understand the fascism ruling our nation fully embracing the tenets of Project 2025 - Supreme white Christian nationalism replacing democracy - you can’t be saved from the cult of #idiocracy.

It's nice Dems want to investigate, quantifying malfeasance, using the ineffectual system they participate in with another side fighting a war by abandoning factual honesty, ethics, virtue, integrity, and morality - without possessing means to maintain democracy drowning under Citizens United corporate rule of capitalisim.

Want to get attention? Burn the constitution in protest since we don't honor it anymore.
Nothing matters but extreme wealth and racist terrorism.

theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

The Guardian · Democrats condemn CBS for axing Colbert show: ‘People deserve to know if this is politically motivated’By Cecilia Nowell
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"We don't have the talent now to progress on these research projects. It's setting us back by years, if not decades," he said.

The #ARS conducts #research on #agriculture topics like #pests, #FoodSafety & #ClimateChange that are high-priority to American #farmers. The agency has lost about 1,200 employees, more than 17% of its 2024 staffing level, to terminations & voluntary incentives to quit offered by the #Trump admin.

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The contractors had worked at the #Agricultural Research Service, the in-house #research arm of the #USDA, said Thomas Henderson, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1657, which represents #ARS workers in Albany, California.

Most of those dismissed were Chinese post-doctoral researchers on 2-year contracts w/the agency, & who were already subject to vetting before being hired, Henderson said.

The #US Dept of #Agriculture said it has fired 70 foreign contract #researchers after a #NationalSecurity review intended to secure the US #food supply from adversaries including #China, #Russia, #NorthKorea & #Iran.

"#USDA has completed a thorough review of individuals authorized to work on contracts with the department & identified approximately 70 individuals from countries of concern," a spox said.

#Trump #BrainDrain #idiocracy #labor #law #USpol
reuters.com/legal/litigation/u

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But for #white farmers who remain in #SouthAfrica & aspire to keep making a living from the land, the #tariffs due to come into effect on Aug 1 are an assault on those ambitions.

"It doesn't make sense to us to welcome South African farmers in America & then the rest that stays behind...to punish them," said Krisjan Mouton, a 6th-generation farmer in Western Cape province's citrus heartland.