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State of Environmental Protection: Introduction to the Series

EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch project is covering the state of environmental protection in the US today through a series of blog posts. The goal of this series is to orient our current position relative to the ambitious goals of the Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). What does a second Trump administration mean for the state of environmental law, compliance, and enforcement in the US?

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EPA Removes Information About its HBCU and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council

In April 2025, the EPA removed information about its Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU-MSI) Advisory Council. The EPA deleted the webpage dedicated to this advisory council along with its entry from the landing page for all Federal Advisory Committees at EPA. The EPA’s Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education landing page deleted all information about working with HBCU-MSIs, including a paragraph and multiple links describing EPA’s activities with HBCU-MSIs and the HBCU-MSI Advisory Council. The pages that had been linked are no longer functional; all now return errors saying, “Sorry, but this web page does not exist.”

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How to Find Climate Data and Science the Trump Administration Doesn’t Want You to See

Information on the internet might seem like it’s there forever, but it’s only as permanent as people choose to make it. That’s apparent as the second Trump administration “floods the zone” with efforts to dismantle science agencies and the data and websites they use to communicate with the public. The targets range from public health and demographics to climate science.