Earthjustice: Trump's EPA Revoked Chemical Disaster Prevention Rules. Now Groups Are Suing.
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- Communities in Chemical Danger Zones Fight Back Against
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A coalition of thirteen organizations represented by Earthjustice sued the Trump administration for the unlawful gutting of the Chemical Disaster Rule, a suite of disaster prevention measures developed by the
"By killing these critical protections, millions of people living near chemical facilities in
When developing the rule,
"The
The lawsuit comes just weeks after a chemical plant exploded in
Thousands evacuated after a series of explosions took place at the
Nearly 180 million Americans live in the worst-case scenario zones for a chemical disaster. At least one in three children go to a school near a hazardous chemical facility. About 12,500 industrial facilities nationwide use, store, or manage highly hazardous chemicals that the Chemical Disaster Rule covers.
Earthjustice is representing
Learn more about what happened when the rule was illegally suspended (https://earthjustice.org/features/toxic-catastrophes-texas-national-chemical-disaster-rule).
Read this coalition's comments on the proposed rollback rule (https://earthjustice.org/documents/legal-document/comments-chemical-disaster-rule-rollback).
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