1. United States
2. Tenn.
3. Letter

Rather than supporting “a healthier future,” in its first 100 days, the Trump administration slashed government agencies and rescinded rules that lower pollution levels and improve public health outcomes. Instead of “energy innovation,” the president championed coal (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08042025/new-trump-coal-orders/) while killing renewable energy projects. Instead of protecting public lands, Trump fired thousands of parks and forest service (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18042025/national-park-forest-service-staff-slashed-by-trump-administration/) employees, threatened to gut the Endangered Species Act (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17042025/trump-administration-endangered-species-protections-harm-definition/) and encouraged logging and drilling on federal lands. And instead of “following science,” the president cut critical research funding across disciplines and ignored expert consensus on climate change and conservation. “The administration has made very clear in this first 100 days who they are for and who they are against,” said Geoff Gisler, program director for the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). “And as we expected, they are looking to empower heavy polluting industries, and they are putting the burden on communities to deal with the pollution that results from this.” Environmental justice organizations nationwide are reeling from federal funding freezes. EPA suspended millions of dollars in grants for projects (https://stateline.org/2025/04/14/trump-has-canceled-environmental-justice-grants-heres-what-communities-are-losing/) like planting trees, air monitoring, and preventing child lead poisoning. The agency is also dismantling its environmental justice offices (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22042025/epa-announces-plans-to-terminate-nearly-300-employees/) and deleted its environmental justice mapping tool, EJ Screen, that helps people understand how exposures differ across the nation. These actions and the thoughtless, cruel support for them in Congress is a stain on the Administration and on those who continue to provide support and cover to a lawless, careless, unfeeling wannabe dictator. I beg all of you to put your country ahead of fealty to the convict in the White House. Don’t be part of the destruction of our environment and our country.