Statement from Friends of the Earth U.S.

WASHINGTON — EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to announce the repeal of greenhouse gas pollution limits for coal and gas power plants today. 

In response, Karen Orenstein, Director of the Climate, Energy and Oceans Program at Friends of the Earth U.S., issued this statement: 

“August set a planetary heat record and thousands of people are still missing or dead due to the glacier melt-triggered flooding in Nepal and Tibet, but the Trump Administration thinks today is a good day to announce the elimination of limits on power plant climate pollution. Friends of the Earth U.S. condemns this move as anti-science, inhumane, immoral, and dangerous. 

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is choosing to accelerate the climate crisis, contrary to the EPA’s duty to protect public health and the environment. It is a decision with severe impacts globally, leading to the loss of lives and livelihoods around the world. This announcement will only double our motivation to fight even harder for climate justice.”

Contact: Lindsay Tice, Friends of the Earth U.S., [email protected]