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Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Remember that time trump killed a progam to keep America informed about epidemics in china, to help protect us from another H1n1 type of virus, back in about 2019. Totally was fine, not like there was some pandemic it would've been nice to be informed about....

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Trump officials move to kill-system that protects US

That headline was about to get exciting.