Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters

[groundloop]

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 Agency’s 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]

1. A % of America's right wing and super rich buy into the 1930s Nazi meme about there being "useless eaters"

This goes right along with Trump’s 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]

6. "Useless eaters"

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:

“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what…who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims…These are people who pay no income tax…and so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”) when their asses are on the line.“

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]

2. "Make America Healthy Again", in practice nt

[Ray Bruns]

3. Sure. Why not?

[kimbutgar]

4. Do they not think that at some point these regulations won't harm them ?

The stupidity of this current government is mind boggling !

[Dustlawyer]

9. The Chemical Safety Board investigates explosions, leaks and fires.

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]

12. The typical repuke way no regulations on corporations but controlling citizens with religion and stupid edicts

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]

5. Is he setting up Democratic strongholds

for chemical warfare attacks?

[BidenRocks]

7. Bhopal

Over 8K dead!
Over 550K injuries.

And chump wants to do what?

[generalbetrayus]

8. I can see only one explanation for all of Orange Julius Caesar's anti-American actions in his second term in office ...

okay, in his first term in office, too.

[SergeStorms]

10. The expected kickbacks.....

have not been paid, therefore this program will be doled out to PAC contributors who know the value of greasing TrumpCo.'s palms.

[dalton99a]

11. The criminal regime loves to kill Americans.