Environmentalists Challenge Trump’s Removal Of EJSCREEN, Other Tools

Environmental groups are suing EPA and other agencies for removing without notice online tools that helped the public identify and understand risks to environmental justice (EJ) and other communities, including EPA’s longstanding EJSCREEN tool that allowed users to identify areas historically overburdened from pollution. EPA in late January and February removed “numerous tools and pages that provided important information concerning the environment” without any notice or a reasoned explanation, argues Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Environmental Integrity Project...