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“It’s time to get our government up and working again...to restore the great promise that guides what President Lincoln called “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” @NRDC President @RheaSuh on the #TrumpShutdown nrdc.org/experts/rhea-s…
Food inspectors have been idled or are working without pay, increasing the risk we’ll get sick from eating produce, meat, and poultry that isn’t properly checked. #TrumpShutdown nbcnews.com/health/health-…
National parks and public wilderness lands are overrun by vandals, overtaken by off-road joyriders, and overflowing with trash. #TrumpShutdown nationalgeographic.com/environment/20…
Federal testing of air and water quality, as well as monitoring of pollution levels from factories, incinerators, and other sources, is on hold or sharply curtailed. #TrumpShutdown nytimes.com/2019/01/09/cli…
Vital research and data collection are being sidelined. #TrumpShutdown cbsnews.com/news/science-g…
We’re treating career public servants like temp workers, with 800,000 federal workers placed on furlough—committed professionals, forbidden to do their jobs or required to work without pay. #TrumpShutdown nrdc.org/experts/john-b…
U.S. Army veteran Angel Stephensen, a furloughed federal worker performing airport security without pay, spoke for much of the nation this week when she told the @WashingtonPost, “We’re political pawns being held hostage by a tyrant.” #TrumpShutdown washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
In Arizona, the U.S. Geological Survey has had to put critical work on hold, suspending monitoring on the Colorado River for contamination from uranium mines upstream from the iconic Grand Canyon. #TrumpShutdown phoenixnewtimes.com/news/shutdown-…
The shutdown of a U.S. @EPA lab in Georgia has put a stop to the monitoring of drinking water and surface water quality from the rivers and streams in North Carolina’s Lower Cape Fear watershed. #TrumpShutdown eenews.net/stories/106011…
In Alabama, federal employees had to halt their work cleaning up arsenic, lead, and other toxic pollution from industrial operations in a mostly African-American community on the northern outskirts of Birmingham. #TrumpShutdown al.com/news/birmingha…
At the Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California, protected desert trees that typically live 150 years or longer have been chopped down by vandals to clear the path for illegal driving with off-road vehicles. #TrumpShutdown huffingtonpost.com/entry/joshua-t…
We need National Park Service staff to keep the parks clean, safe, and protected from harm. #TrumpShutdown theguardian.com/environment/20…
Endangering protected federal wilderness lands in Montana, outlaw snowmobilers have raced through prohibited areas, putting skiers at risk and courting lasting damage to fragile landscapes and irreplaceable habitat. #TrumpShutdown outsideonline.com/2381951/illega…
There’s little our government does that touches our daily lives more directly than protecting the environment and public health. #TrumpShutdown nationalgeographic.com/environment/20…
One month on, the longest and most senseless U.S. government shutdown in history is taking a grave and growing toll on the environment and public health. #TrumpShutdown theguardian.com/environment/20…
“It’s time for President Trump to stop playing games with people’s livelihoods, our environment, and our health.” @NRDC President @RheaSuh on #TrumpShutdown nrdc.org/experts/rhea-s…
