Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)

EIP combines research, reporting, and media outreach to spotlight illegal pollution, expose political intimidation of enforcement staff, and encourage federal and state agencies to take enforcement action to stop these practices. EIP’s work has been cited in Congressional hearings and debates, in reports by the US General Accountability Office, and in frequent news articles.

…no other organization is so sharply focused on the vigilant enforcement of environmental laws. (2011)

Editor’s Note. 27 Jan 2025. This organization is still going strong.

Statement by the Environmental Integrity Project on President Trump’s Executive Orders on Inauguration Day

January 21, 2025

Executive Director Jen Duggan Warns Orders “Will Expose Americans to More Dangerous Air and Water Pollution and Fuel Climate Catastrophes”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to President Trump’s flurry of executive orders on Inauguration Day, including the reversal of climate and environmental policies that protect Americans, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) issued the following statement.

“On Inauguration Day, President Trump issued a barrage of executive orders that will expose Americans to more dangerous air and water pollution and fuel climate catastrophes,” said Jen Duggan, Executive Director of EIP. “While these orders do nothing to address voter concerns about cost-of-living affordability, they will increase already astronomical profits for fossil fuel companies at the expense of everyday Americans. We deserve better from our President.”

The text of some of President Trump’s executive orders can be found at the links below link. Among other things, the orders reverse U.S. climate and environmental justice policies, pull out of the Paris international climate agreement, encourage offshore drilling, and declare an “energy emergency” that aims to fast-track approvals for polluting fossil fuel projects.

“In these challenging times, the Environmental Integrity Project is committed to continuing our fight for clean air and water, healthy communities, and a livable climate in court and in the court of public opinion,” Duggan said. “We will not be intimidated, and we will not surrender our communities and the planet to grow corporate profits.”

To read the executive order “Unleashing American Energy,” click here.

For the order “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” click here.

For the order “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” click here.

For the order, “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements,” click here.

For the order “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects,“ click here.

Media contact: Tom Pelton, Environmental Integrity Project (443) 510-2574 or tpelton@environmentalintegrity.org.

The Environmental Integrity Project is America’s environmental watchdog. We hold polluters and governments accountable to protect public health and the environment.
Statement by the Environmental Integrity Project on President Trump’s Executive Orders on Inauguration Day
January 21, 2025