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E-P-A Shenanigans: Are they overwhelmed? Toxic events are happening all over the United States!

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of shenanigans and hypocrisies connected to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), just for the month of February 2023.

ALABAMA: 24 states are now suing the EPA over new water pollution regulations that directly affect all property owners:

ARKANSAS: Lawsuit against the EPA:

CALIFORNIA: EPA loans the Santa Clara Valley Water District $115-million! It is part of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), which to date has ‘invested’ $17-billion to rebuild the U.S. water infrastructure!

KANSAS: EPA is requiring Ameren to conduct additional investigation and interim cleanup actions at the Elm Point Wellfield site.

EPA behind first delivery of battery operated school bus.

INDIANA: EPA secretly sent toxic shipments to Putnam County:

LOUISIANA: EPA tells federal judge that residents near a chemical plant are under “substantial endangerment posed by chloroprene emissions”!

MICHIGAN: Local officials blast the EPA’s decision to secretly send the waste from the toxic train derailment in Ohio to Wayne County, KDIV 27FEB2023:

MISSIOURI: EPA tells residents of Saint Charles that the water is safe to drink despite the city shutting down wells due to contamination from a Superfund Site, 23FEB2023:

City of Saint Charles shuts down 6th drinking water well due to Superfund contamination!

OHIO: WKBN, EPA administrator addresses lack of dioxin testing, farmers say this couldn’t have happened at a worse time, 28FEB2023:

WKBN, EPA administrator claims they are going to “push” Norfolk Southern to clean up the toxins, 21FEB2023:

A federal court ordered the EPA to reconsider its 2020 decision to gut an Ohio rule that lets citizens bring federal lawsuits against industrial air polluters.

TEXAS:  EPA finally orders Union Pacific to ‘assess’ the contamination in the Greater Fifth Ward area of Houston!

EPA removes River City Metal Finishing Superfund site in San Antonio from the National Priorities List (NPL)!

After millions of gallons of secret toxic waste shipments were revealed, EPA halts the shipments to Harris County, KPRC 25FEB2023:

U.S. Virgin Islands: EPA has conditionally approved plans to remove dangerous chemicals at the Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP (PHRT) facility.

Washington DC: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that since 2016 the EPA has continually failed to meet Congressional deadlines for reporting chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)!

GAO reports that the EPA’s new Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards will cost taxpayers several billion of dollars per year!

National Public Radio (NPR) reports that the EPA’s ‘social cost of carbon’ tool is “an ethics nightmare.” 

Revealed; EPA funding under Biden is even less than under Trump!

Unionized employees of the EPA have revealed a toxic work environment that is resulting in lack of personnel to address environmental problems!

Lawsuit forces EPA to change how it determines trash dump (landfills) emissions.

$2.4-billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for states, tribes, and territories through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)!

A second wave of approximately $1-billion in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to start new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites and expedite over 100 other ongoing cleanups across the country!

EPA Announces Upcoming Virtual Regional Listening Sessions over concerns about per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). WOOD, 17FEB2023:

EPA published two Federal Assistance Listings outlining key parameters of the grant competitions that will ultimately award nearly $27-billion, supposedly from private funding, for clean energy and clean air investments across the country.

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is demanding that the EPA explain what it did with so-called environmental justice taxpayer funded grants!

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability investigating EPA disruption of HVAC industry!

EPA to give away $21-million to organizations investigating supposed climate change health concerns!

EPA announces new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking (EJ TCGM) Program to make it easier for specific communities to get taxpayer funded Environmental Justice grants.

EPA Releases 2022 Power Plant Emissions Data.

False Flag, 2023:  EAST PALESTINE, A PILE-UP OF CONVENIENT COINCIDENCES!

U.S. Food Crisis, 2023: OHIO’S C-B-R-N EVENT TO DESTROY FOOD PRODUCTION ACROSS SEVERAL STATES?

U.S. Disaster, 2023: REAL C-B-R-N EVENT, OHIO & WEST VIRGINIA DEPLOYED! OBVIOUS THAT OFFICIALS ARE LYING!