#Environmental-Destruction
Events indexed under #Environmental-Destruction — 21 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | Legal Scholars Assess State Climate Authority After Endangerment Repeal; California Formally Sues EPA California Attorney General Rob Bonta · Massachusetts Attorney General · Connecticut Attorney General · Legal Planet · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Independent Analysis Projects 58,000 Additional Deaths and $4.7 Trillion in Costs from EPA Endangerment Repeal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Inside Climate News · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Published in Federal Register; Coalition Lawsuits Filed Same Day U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Earthjustice · Natural Resources Defense Council · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Peabody Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | EPA WOTUS Rollback Moves Forward After Public Comment Period U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | EPA Administrator Zeldin Plans 65% Workforce Cut While Terminating $20 Billion Climate Grants Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · JBS · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-01 | Wyoming Legislature Passes Second Coal Tax Cut in Two Years, Sacrificing $20 Million Annually to Subsidize Declining Industry Wyoming Legislature · Mark Gordon · Black Hills Energy · Powder River Basin Coal Producers | confirmed | |
| 2023-08-08 | Maui Wildfires Kill Over 100 as Corporate Water Diversions and Land Development Create Tinderbox; Governor Suspends Native Water Rights After Disaster Josh Green · West Maui Land Company · Glenn Tremble · Kaleo Manuel · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-20 | Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade Donald Trump · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Scott Pruitt · Andrew Wheeler · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-19 | EPA Finalizes Affordable Clean Energy Rule Replacing Clean Power Plan With Weaker Standards Andrew Wheeler · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · Coal Industry · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-15 | Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Resigns Facing 18 Federal Investigations Ryan Zinke · Donald Trump · Department of Interior · David Bernhardt | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-05 | EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid 14 Federal Investigations Scott Pruitt · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Andrew Wheeler | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-04 | Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85% to open lands for extraction Donald Trump · Ryan Zinke · Bureau of Land Management · Navajo Nation · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Trump Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement Isolating America Donald Trump · Paris Agreement · Fossil Fuel Industry · United States · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-02 | Ryan Zinke Opens Public Lands to Extraction While Profiting Ryan Zinke · David Bernhardt · Department of Interior · Halliburton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-07 | Scott Pruitt Dismantles EPA While Taking Industry Money Scott Pruitt · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Andrew Wheeler · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-05-17 | Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal George W. Bush · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Coal Industry | confirmed | |
| 1973-09-03 | Bunker Hill Smelter Fire Leads to Worst Corporate Lead Poisoning in U.S. History Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp. · Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex · Idaho Department of Health · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 1971-01-01 | Oregon Passes Nation's First Forest Practices Act, Drafted by Timber Industry to Preempt Federal Regulation Oregon Legislature · Tom McCall · Oregon timber industry · Oregon Department of Forestry | confirmed |