Trump's proposed EPA leadership superimposed with lobbyists and lawyers | Trump administration

Donald Trump, along with former industry lobbyists, executives and lawyers, stacked his proposed Environmental Protection Agency leadership, who have been working on attacking protections that cover everything from water quality to greenhouse gas emissions to Everything about toxic chemicals.

A review of the guardians of the new political appointee also found that the president was largely a reappointing officer from his first term. When working at EPA or for the industry since 2016, environmental activists say these veterans have been working to crush Barack Obama’s clean energy program, Kneecap drinking water limits toxic PFA, passing new chemistry without proper scrutiny Materials are RAM, revoke an asbestos ban, or defend the largest polluters in the United States.

The Chemistry and Air sector will be led in part by lobbyists from the American Chemical Commission and the American Petroleum Institute (two top industry trading groups). Meanwhile, lawyers who vowed to weaken the agency’s professional staff, who they believe are a barrier to slashing regulations during Trump’s first semester will lead the EPA’s legal team.

Erik Olson, a senior adviser to the NRDC Action Fund, said public health advocates for “irreversible damage” to the EPA, lobbying for stronger environmental regulations.

“It's not surprising, but it's a hostile acquisition of the EPA by the chemical and fossil fuel industry, which unfortunately will have a huge long-term impact on public health and the environment,” Olson added.

The EPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Some officials must get the Senate approval.

The appointment of the air sector leadership could cause trouble for the agency’s efforts to address climate change, including two former lobbyists at the U.S. Petroleum Institute. Alex Dominguez lobbied with renewable fuel standards and subsidies against electric vehicles, while Aaron Szabo helped write Obama's climate rules and then helped them cut the special Under Trump's leadership. He has since lobbyed the oil and chemical giants.

Meanwhile, Trump’s deputy general counsel Justin Schwab, a conservative federal society ally, allegedly helped write the 2025 EPA chapter calling on people in the gut situation, said to be the first. Trump's EPA removes the drive clean power plan. The Obama-era plan could have meaningfully begun to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but Schwab, representing polluters like Energy Giant Southern Co, replaced an industry-backed program that critics believe was designed intentionally , to reduce emissions. .

The 2025 project chapter also demanded a 2009 Supreme Court attack that greenhouse gases are a public health threat, and the EPA must legally address that issue. The new EPA chief has already made a ruling to demand action from the agency. The withdrawal of the ruling will depend on the core of the EPA's ability to address climate change.

The first Trump EPA official, reappointed, said they learned what they learned from their mistakes and would be more effective in their second attack on regulation.

“The biggest difference is that we have a plan from day one,” former EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara told Politico in July. “We will start implementing it and we will not be vulnerable to dealing with problems that are subject to these issues.” It really sunks the final regulatory advice and actions we take at the end of the government.”

Meanwhile, the EPA's chemistry division will be controlled by Trump veterans, who are also former top industry executives. Nancy Beck, appointed as senior consultant to the agency’s office of chemical safety, led allegations of new drinking water restrictions on PFA or “forever chemicals”, considered the most toxic human substance. 1, and estimates are estimated. At least 143 million people pollute drinking water. While in the previous Trump EPA and as a lobbyist for the American Chemical Commission, she helped weaken the rules surrounding asbestos, methyl chloride, lead, PFA and PCB.

Baker will be led by former Trump EPA official and DuPont executive Lynn Anne Dekleva. Along with Baker, she was accused of leading a broader effort in the chemistry department to intervene in institutional science, including changing reports, for political reasons.

Meanwhile, David Fatouhi, an ally of federalist society, may return to the top lawyers in the EPA. During his first Trump term, he spent the past four years at Gibson Dunn, a global company representing major industry players. He touted his record, defending the top polluters of litigation and EPA enforcement actions. In other lawsuits, he represented the auto industry trade group in the legal challenge of the Biden administration's asbestos ban.

The EPA's employee catalog lists former Trump's Water Office appointed Jessica Kramer. She was a water adviser to the Republican Party Shelley Moore-Capito, a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, who regularly lead Congressional attacks on the EPA’s clean water rules. Since then, Kramer has worked for a large industry lobbying company with clients including utility industry trade groups that oppose nearly all clean water rules, including PFA and Lead.

Former EPA official Kyla Bennett said the consequences of the attacks on the EPA and other agencies were “all relevant” and are now related to public employees of public employees in public employees not for profit.

“By cutting clean water laws and wetland protection, flooding will get worse, by getting rid of FEMA, you won’t have money to rebuild your home when your home burns or is flooded,” she said. “If you’re about oil and Gas executives are in charge of the overall view of the EPA while simultaneously covering up the scientists’ agents and getting rid of NOAA and FEMA, the secret to the disaster.”