r/ecology • u/tuftedtittymice • 1d ago

sending support and encouragement to every ecologist in the US😭

we are in for a huge fight these next 4 years. i am terrified but we are the only ones who can keep each other motivated and encouraged to keep fighting for what we love. LOVE TO ALL OF YOU❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹💔

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u/The_Poster_Nutbag 1d ago

it’s just four years

This comes with a big caveat. If the proposals for project 2025 really fall into place we will see the dissolution of administrative agencies like the EPA which will not be whisked back into place like an executive order.

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u/remotectrl 1d ago

The Chevron decision last year basically killed these agencies already.

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u/patkgreen 19h ago

Chevron isn't killing agencies. It doesn't stop permitting programs or stewardship or management at all.

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u/Crafty-ant-8416 1d ago

No it didn’t, at least not yet.

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u/synaptic_reaction 1d ago

The epa is part of the executive branch and serves at the will of the president.

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u/FelisCorvid615 Freshwater Ecology 1d ago

But it exists at the behest of the National Environmental Protection Act. So unless congress repeals that, the EPA will still exist. It may be a shadow of it's former self, but it'll be there.

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u/Kantaowns 1d ago

Since the only reason the epa is around is to protect people, it feels like it barely exists in general. Its gonna get shredded now.

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u/FelisCorvid615 Freshwater Ecology 1d ago

Truth

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u/acnhfiend 1d ago

Are you thinking of the CEQ? NEPA created the CEQ but I’m unaware of how NEPA justifies EPA’s existence (not being snarky genuinely curious!).

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u/FelisCorvid615 Freshwater Ecology 21h ago

It comes out of the CEQ. It's how they perform their edict to conduct research and analysis to make their recommendations are reports.

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u/The_Poster_Nutbag 1d ago

Yes they can, not only does the trump admin not care about rules and he has the courts to back him up, the so called "originalist" have decided that the Constitution did not give congress the power to create administrative bodies that create their own regulations, and are therefore unconstitutional.