«With the Trump Administration and their allies in Congress working to
gut the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and rollback
key environmental
protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the letter states.
Under Trump, the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to repeal the Clean Power Plan, a
key component of Obama's climate legacy that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, and has
gutted numerous other rules and regulations aimed at drawing down emissions, reducing our use of fossil fuels, and otherwise protecting the environment.