Friday, August 1, 2025

Push Back on Trump's EPA Wrecking Ball

Push back on the EPA's plan to reverse the endangerment finding that allows them to regulate CO2 emissions

The Trump EPA has issued a proposal to revoke the endangerment finding. The proposal relies on misinterpretations of the law and recent cases, fringe science, and tortured cost analysis to justify a conclusion that the EPA cannot and should not regulate greenhouse gases.

Learn more and take action here: https://earthjustice.org/experts/hana-vizcarra/a-legal-analysis-of-the-trump-epas-plan-to-revoke-the-endangerment-finding

Note that this action requires making public comments to the EPA, not just signing a petition. While this action requires more time and effort than the actions below, the impact of this policy change would be far greater than any of the actions below.

Oppose the EPA's plan to weaken power plant carbon pollution standards

On June 11, 2025, Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced their proposal to repeal standards that cut climate pollution from power plants–a major source of the carbon pollution that exacerbates climate change. With their Polluters First Agenda, Trump and Zeldin are attempting to undermine the scientific basis for any climate pollution standards and replace scientists with partisans who will carry water for the big polluters. These actions would increase dangerous pollution that makes people sicker and raises the likelihood of extreme weather events such as wildfires, flooding, tornadoes, and more.

Please sign on to oppose this repeal of these standards

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/oppose-the-epas-plan-to-weaken-power-plant-carbon-pollution-standards-partner/?source=SCGC

Submit a public comment to stop the repeal of lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards  

The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) have achieved a 90% reduction in mercury pollution from power plants and cleaned up dangerous soot at the same time. Now the Trump administration wants to rollback the 2024 provisions that strengthened these standards.

We must stop the Trump administration’s Polluters First Agenda. Use the button below to sign the petition

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/submit-a-public-comment-to-stop-the-repeal-of-lifesaving-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-partner/?source=SCGC

Defend Our National Monuments

A recent opinion from the Department of Justice says that they think President Trump can abolish areas protected as national monuments by previous presidents. This finding is disturbing on many levels, but it also indicates that we are likely to see some of our national monuments eliminated or shrunk. We know for sure that they are looking at the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park and the Ironwood Forest National Monument, northwest of Tucson. 

Please sign the petition opposing any reduction in size or removal of protections for the Baaj Nwaavjo monument.

https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0521102&id=701Po00000yg9u2IAA&data=696f42e9785e9478e7ff871c629d98d7017c871f797a78dff43d5ffcfeccee5977af3ad4be2bd6e16b29c9f5c4371337

2025 Environmental Report Card for AZ Legislature & Governor



Check out the 2025 Environmental Report Card!
See How Your Legislators Did This Session
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The Sierra Club, joined by Chispa Arizona and Arizona Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Advocates, released the 2025 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor.

“Not only did we not see any real progress on water issues, but we saw harmful utility bills signed into law, allowing old coal plants to continue operating after the utilities have bonded for their debt, continuing to pollute our air and water and fuel climate change,” said Sandy Bahr, director for Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter. “The Legislature and Governor also gave utilities liability relief for fires sparked by their infrastructure. The attacks on voting, especially early voting, continued, but those bills were vetoed and the referrals did not get to the ballot – at least not this time.”

See the full news release here and the report card in English here.


La Tarjeta de Evaluación del Medio Ambiente de 2025 está disponible en español

Some of the bad bills at the AZ legislature.