Environmental policy in the United States

Focusing on climate change’s public health impacts can make the world a healthier place, protect our children’s lives, build a stronger economy and help to create a more sustainable and just future, McCarthy believes.

Despite promises to “promote clean air and water,” environmental prosecutions and penalties have drastically decreased during Trump’s first year.

Scott Pruitt has made wholesale changes to the EPA over the last year, and his impact on food and farming have been no less sparing.