Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters
Source: The Guardian
The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the nation from chemical catastrophes, such as fires and explosions at high-risk facilities.
The US Environmental Protection Agencys Response Management Program (RMP) requires more than 12,500 high-risk facilities to develop protocols to prevent catastrophes, or limit fallout, and was largely designed to protect workers, first responders, and fence-line communities.
In 2024, the Biden administration finalized a rule 12 years in the making that meaningfully strengthened protections. However, industry in early 2025 asked the incoming Donald Trump EPA to undo it because, chemical companies claim, its provisions are too expensive to implement.
The Trump EPA is now moving to kill most of the 2024 rules after it eliminated a public website that informs communities and first responders which chemicals are in use at facilities. The White House has also targeted the Chemical Safety Board, which reviews accidents and develops actions to avoid a repeat.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/27/trump-fire-chemical-safety-system-epa
Botany
(76,942 posts)This goes right along with Trumps ruling to allow coal fired power plants to pollute more
and spread toxins. They want to kill us.
https://democraticunderground.com/1127187931
Nearly All US Coal Power Plants Could Have Met Pollution Rules For Toxic Metals; Shitstain's EPA Cut Those Rules Anyway
jfz9580m
(16,797 posts)Though he jumped ship a la David Brooks/Frum etc did for the sake of their own rears, this was Mitt Romney when running against Obama:
Useless eaters unlike a vulture capitalist like him. I mean, I have no illusions about Trump..but he is pretty much where these guys were always headed. It is all oligarchs and billionaires bts with increasingly little use for any democratic governance..
They are all like this bts..sleazy, fascistic and brainwashed..the only people they ever meet are sycophants who bully anyone objecting to these races to the bottom..
SouthBayDem
(33,234 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,183 posts)kimbutgar
(27,100 posts)The stupidity of this current government is mind boggling !
Dustlawyer
(10,539 posts)Their investigations would help us in representing the victims of these incidents which is why they want this agency killed. The CSB has no teeth to fine or penalize these violators, they just uncover what when wrong. It is always cost cutting and regulation violations that cause these events. We have gutted all of the Regulatory Agencies where these chemical plants and refineries operate. There are no inspections, they do not have the manpower and budget to do so, so they have to self report. Do you trust any of these companies to report on their own failures?
kimbutgar
(27,100 posts)So horrendous. They definitely want to speed up the end times or have a big brother country.
That said we will stop them if we stay strong and push back!
The Wizard
(13,668 posts)for chemical warfare attacks?
BidenRocks
(3,073 posts)Over 8K dead!
Over 550K injuries.
And chump wants to do what?
generalbetrayus
(1,715 posts)okay, in his first term in office, too.
