📋 Tender Overview
Washington (July 31, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.)--Co-Chairs Of The Issued The Following Statement After Environmental Protection Agency (Epa) Administrator Lee Zeldin Announced , A Landmark Determination That Requires The Epa To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Pollution Because Of The Threat That Climate Change Poses To Public Health And Welfare. By Rescinding The Endangerment Finding, The Trump Administration Will Effectively Declaw The Epa, Giving Big Businesses A Green Light To Pollute Our Air And Devastate Environmental Justice Communities. Once Again, The Trump Administration Is Sacrificing Our ChildrenS Future To Protect Polluters In The Present. Trump And Zeldin Are Annihilating The Key Legal Foundation That Requires Our Government To Act On Climate Change Because It Threatens The Health Of Americans--Their Repeal Of The Endangerment Finding Is Ignorant, Runs Counter To Scientific Fact And Will Put Lives At Risk. Environmental Justice Communities Are Particularly Threatened By This Wrong-Headed Decision, Since They Are Most Exposed To Climate Impacts And Have The Fewest Resources To Protect Themselves. The Trump Administration Must Reverse This Decision--It Flies In The Face Of Science, The Law, And Our Moral Responsibility To Protect Our Future. As Co-Chairs Of The , Markey, Duckworth, And Booker Have Long Pushed To Strengthen And Defend Environmental Justice Efforts Across The Country. Earlier This Month, The Three To Environmental Justice Grants That Were Included In Donald TrumpS Big, Beautiful Betrayal. Earlier This Week, Markey Outside Epa Headquarters To Rail Against The Trump AdministrationS Plans To Rescind The Endangerment Finding. In March, Duckworth And Booker For Shutting Down All Of EpaS Environmental Justice Offices And Slashing Over 30 Epa Regulations That Have Helped Protect Our NationS Public Health And The Environment For Decades. In February, Markey, Duckworth, And Booker--Along With Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)-- To Reopen The EpaS Office Of Environmental Justice And External Civil Rights (Oejecr), Which Duckworth And Booker Led The Charge To Create. Markey, Duckworth, And Booker Also That Would Permanently Codify The Office Of Environmental Justice Within The Department Of JusticeS (Doj) Environment And Natural Resources Division (Enrd) In Response To Attorney General BondiS Order Eliminating All Environmental Justice Efforts At The Doj. ###
