Tejada
@mtejada24.bsky.social
Advocate for health, environment, and justice. Taking on big corporations to make polluters pay. Lifting up science and democracy for a better future.
Looking forward to being part of some great conversations in Baltimore on September 30. Thanks to hashtag#BloombergAmericanHealthSummit25 for bringing this conversation together.
Matthew Tejada, Senior Vice President of Environmental Health at @nrdc.org, is working to build a better future for our climate and our health. Learn more about what inspires him, and don't miss him at the #BloombergAmericanHealthSummit25: americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/fightin...
Fighting for the Future: Why Matthew Tejada Isn’t Giving Up
Matthew Tejada, Senior Vice President at the Natural Resources Defense Council, isn't giving up his fight for our environment and our nations health.
americanhealth.jhu.edu
September 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Looking forward to being part of some great conversations in Baltimore on September 30. Thanks to hashtag#BloombergAmericanHealthSummit25 for bringing this conversation together.
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🌏🚨NEW ISSUE ALERT 🚨🌏
Volume 67 Issue 04 of Environment Magazine is out now, featuring articles from:
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Deborah Gordon from @rockymtninst.bsky.social
@maddyorr.bsky.social
and @mtejada24.bsky.social
Read every article online now, click the link in bio!
Volume 67 Issue 04 of Environment Magazine is out now, featuring articles from:
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Deborah Gordon from @rockymtninst.bsky.social
@maddyorr.bsky.social
and @mtejada24.bsky.social
Read every article online now, click the link in bio!
July 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🌏🚨NEW ISSUE ALERT 🚨🌏
Volume 67 Issue 04 of Environment Magazine is out now, featuring articles from:
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Deborah Gordon from @rockymtninst.bsky.social
@maddyorr.bsky.social
and @mtejada24.bsky.social
Read every article online now, click the link in bio!
Volume 67 Issue 04 of Environment Magazine is out now, featuring articles from:
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Deborah Gordon from @rockymtninst.bsky.social
@maddyorr.bsky.social
and @mtejada24.bsky.social
Read every article online now, click the link in bio!
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Last month, people from across the country came together to share powerful stories of broken promises that underscored the urgent need for the Trump administration to return control of America’s future to local communities. We’ll keep raising our voices to put communities back in the driver’s seat.
July 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Last month, people from across the country came together to share powerful stories of broken promises that underscored the urgent need for the Trump administration to return control of America’s future to local communities. We’ll keep raising our voices to put communities back in the driver’s seat.
PLEASE HELP ME IN SPREADING THIS THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS!!!!
You’re invited to a town hall! Release the Funds: A National Conversation about Putting America’s Future Back in the Hands of Communities
REGISTER HERE: nrdc-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
You’re invited to a town hall! Release the Funds: A National Conversation about Putting America’s Future Back in the Hands of Communities
REGISTER HERE: nrdc-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
PLEASE HELP ME IN SPREADING THIS THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS!!!!
You’re invited to a town hall! Release the Funds: A National Conversation about Putting America’s Future Back in the Hands of Communities
REGISTER HERE: nrdc-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
You’re invited to a town hall! Release the Funds: A National Conversation about Putting America’s Future Back in the Hands of Communities
REGISTER HERE: nrdc-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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EPA’s environment justice grants under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were developed according to high standards and in strict adherence with federal laws, policies, and regulations. The programs were designed to be transparent, accountable, and impactful. They're being targeted by EPA and DOGE.
March 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
EPA’s environment justice grants under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were developed according to high standards and in strict adherence with federal laws, policies, and regulations. The programs were designed to be transparent, accountable, and impactful. They're being targeted by EPA and DOGE.
EPA's EJ sheroes and heroes speaking #truthtopower. So proud of this crew.
therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public • The Revelator
“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration accountable.”
therevelator.org
March 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
EPA's EJ sheroes and heroes speaking #truthtopower. So proud of this crew.
therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
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President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have launched an unprecedented attack on the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and public health.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
March 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have launched an unprecedented attack on the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and public health.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
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“This doesn’t make America healthier or greater. It makes us sicker, smaller and uglier than we have been in at least a generation.” @mtejada24.bsky.social @nytimes.com #environmentaljustice www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices (Gift Article)
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“This doesn’t make America healthier or greater. It makes us sicker, smaller and uglier than we have been in at least a generation.” @mtejada24.bsky.social @nytimes.com #environmentaljustice www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
#truthtopower please share. We need to lift up people’s voices, faces, and stories from their communities. We need to fight back and remember we are part of a community that is large and strong, we can’t let them bully us into silence. EJ staff speak #truthtopower. EJ communities speak #truthtopower
March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#truthtopower please share. We need to lift up people’s voices, faces, and stories from their communities. We need to fight back and remember we are part of a community that is large and strong, we can’t let them bully us into silence. EJ staff speak #truthtopower. EJ communities speak #truthtopower
EJ at EPA is still being shredded. Small unknown numbers of staff being called back for unknown reasons is not a resumption of the EJ program. Recipients of EJ grants are being bullied and their awards ripped from their hands. insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...
Rollbacks Gut Environmental Justice Gains, Former EPA Official Says - Inside Climate News
“The worst outcome I feared is happening,” says Matthew Tejada, the former director of EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice, reflecting on changes the Trump administration has brought to the agency.
insideclimatenews.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
EJ at EPA is still being shredded. Small unknown numbers of staff being called back for unknown reasons is not a resumption of the EJ program. Recipients of EJ grants are being bullied and their awards ripped from their hands. insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...
Here it is - they started by going after the leading edge of environmental protection by devastating the EJ office. And here comes the real point. They're shutting our government down. It's not about to happen. It is in process. This is a government shutdown.
President Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk have launched an unprecedented all-out assault on the EPA.
Congress needs to step up to keep the administration in check—and block the destruction of this essential environmental agency at all costs.
Congress needs to step up to keep the administration in check—and block the destruction of this essential environmental agency at all costs.
Trump hints at deep cuts at the EPA, alarming workers and environmental groups
President Trump said the head of the EPA is prepared to implement deep staffing and spending cuts as part of the administration's efforts to downsize the executive branch.
www.cbsnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here it is - they started by going after the leading edge of environmental protection by devastating the EJ office. And here comes the real point. They're shutting our government down. It's not about to happen. It is in process. This is a government shutdown.
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This an EPA Shutdown Plan.
Reagan's 1st EPA head, Ann Gorsuch, tried it. Americans hated it. Reagan fired her.
Gingrich tried it. Americans hated it. Clinton beat him with "Medicare, Medicaid, Education, and the Environment."
Won't work better this time. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
Reagan's 1st EPA head, Ann Gorsuch, tried it. Americans hated it. Reagan fired her.
Gingrich tried it. Americans hated it. Clinton beat him with "Medicare, Medicaid, Education, and the Environment."
Won't work better this time. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
Trump Says E.P.A. Layoffs Will Cut Staff by 65 Percent
The president said Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, was planning mass layoffs. Agency officials said the cuts would make it impossible to carry out their mission.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This an EPA Shutdown Plan.
Reagan's 1st EPA head, Ann Gorsuch, tried it. Americans hated it. Reagan fired her.
Gingrich tried it. Americans hated it. Clinton beat him with "Medicare, Medicaid, Education, and the Environment."
Won't work better this time. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
Reagan's 1st EPA head, Ann Gorsuch, tried it. Americans hated it. Reagan fired her.
Gingrich tried it. Americans hated it. Clinton beat him with "Medicare, Medicaid, Education, and the Environment."
Won't work better this time. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
Comms people tell me to stick to LinkedIn, and something I did there blew up (a little bit) and has been published. Gonna keep trying on BlueSky too though! www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
America, this is what environmental justice is — and what we all stand to lose
I ran the US Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice program for almost 11 years. It’s not what this presidential administration says it is.
www.ehn.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Comms people tell me to stick to LinkedIn, and something I did there blew up (a little bit) and has been published. Gonna keep trying on BlueSky too though! www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
Weather be damned we need to all turn out!!!
RALLY outside HHS to stand with federal workers and tell them: we've got your back!
Federal workers need our support so they can STAND FIRM against DOGE's attacks.
🗓️ February 14th, 8AM
📍 200 Independence Ave SW
🪧 Sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/defend-hhs-from-a-doge-coup
Federal workers need our support so they can STAND FIRM against DOGE's attacks.
🗓️ February 14th, 8AM
📍 200 Independence Ave SW
🪧 Sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/defend-hhs-from-a-doge-coup
February 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Weather be damned we need to all turn out!!!
Even the old timers at EPA can't recall a senator protesting outside the building. Proud to stand with @markey.senate.gov, @repstansbury.bsky.social, @repyassansari.bsky.social, and other members of congress and colleagues defending our brave EPA EJ staff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFb...
Senator Markey Hosts Press Conference on Trump and Musk’s Funding Cut-Off
YouTube video by Senator Markey
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Even the old timers at EPA can't recall a senator protesting outside the building. Proud to stand with @markey.senate.gov, @repstansbury.bsky.social, @repyassansari.bsky.social, and other members of congress and colleagues defending our brave EPA EJ staff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFb...
So much happening right now in our country and government. As the former longtime leader of EPA's EJ program, I want to make sure folks understand what the job of the EJ civil servant is. So this is long but...I had things to say.
February 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So much happening right now in our country and government. As the former longtime leader of EPA's EJ program, I want to make sure folks understand what the job of the EJ civil servant is. So this is long but...I had things to say.
Not the hottest idea in environmentalism. This is generations of effort - people's lives, passions, energies - to make our country and democracy and society better. To finally move us past racism and bigotry and sacrificing whole communities. This is more than the environment.
Trump’s war on environmental justice is Project 2025 in action.
It Was the Hottest Idea in Environmentalism. Trump Has Suspended Everyone Involved.
The anti-DEI worldview is reaching far beyond hiring practices, pronouns, and employee resource groups.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Not the hottest idea in environmentalism. This is generations of effort - people's lives, passions, energies - to make our country and democracy and society better. To finally move us past racism and bigotry and sacrificing whole communities. This is more than the environment.
This is a loss for all of us. It is a loss for our society to be better. It is a loss for our democracy to be better. It is a loss for our country to finally be one of equality and fairness. It is a loss we cannot afford to accept.
Trump appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency notified staff members that they plan to close the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights and place its employees on administrative leave, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government
The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and remake the Justice Department’s environmental division.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is a loss for all of us. It is a loss for our society to be better. It is a loss for our democracy to be better. It is a loss for our country to finally be one of equality and fairness. It is a loss we cannot afford to accept.
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Donald Trump promised to deliver ‘the cleanest air and water on the planet,’ but instead he and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are implementing Project 2025’s plan to shut down the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, 1/5: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government
The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and remake the Justice Department’s environmental division.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Donald Trump promised to deliver ‘the cleanest air and water on the planet,’ but instead he and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are implementing Project 2025’s plan to shut down the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, 1/5: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Thousands of EPA projects across the country have been frozen out of their bank accounts for over a week – that means they are furloughing staff and stopping work to support clean air, clean water, and environmental cleanup. Follow along for some examples of the #FundingFreeze…
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thousands of EPA projects across the country have been frozen out of their bank accounts for over a week – that means they are furloughing staff and stopping work to support clean air, clean water, and environmental cleanup. Follow along for some examples of the #FundingFreeze…
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Up to $50 billion in EPA funds are currently frozen across programs including:
+Brownfields
+Clean School Bus
+Clean Water and Drinking Water SRFs
+Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
+EJ Community Change
+Solar4All
+Superfund
I.e., every program in this report: www.epa.gov/system/files...
🔌💡 10/X
+Brownfields
+Clean School Bus
+Clean Water and Drinking Water SRFs
+Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
+EJ Community Change
+Solar4All
+Superfund
I.e., every program in this report: www.epa.gov/system/files...
🔌💡 10/X
www.epa.gov
January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Up to $50 billion in EPA funds are currently frozen across programs including:
+Brownfields
+Clean School Bus
+Clean Water and Drinking Water SRFs
+Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
+EJ Community Change
+Solar4All
+Superfund
I.e., every program in this report: www.epa.gov/system/files...
🔌💡 10/X
+Brownfields
+Clean School Bus
+Clean Water and Drinking Water SRFs
+Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
+EJ Community Change
+Solar4All
+Superfund
I.e., every program in this report: www.epa.gov/system/files...
🔌💡 10/X
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The illegal funding freeze still in effect is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars. Across the country, projects are pausing construction and laying off staff. This will slow work to replace lead pipes, install clean energy, recover from storms, and clean up contaminated land.
🔌💡 9/X
🔌💡 9/X
January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The illegal funding freeze still in effect is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars. Across the country, projects are pausing construction and laying off staff. This will slow work to replace lead pipes, install clean energy, recover from storms, and clean up contaminated land.
🔌💡 9/X
🔌💡 9/X
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In response, newyorkstateag.bsky.social led 22 states in suing Donald Trump and the federal agencies to reinstate the legal flow of funds. As of Friday afternoon, I expect the judge to issue such an order compelling EPA and others to turn funding back on.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585...
🔌💡 8/X
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585...
🔌💡 8/X
New York Attorney General Letitia James (@newyorkstateag.bsky.social)
Official Bluesky account of New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office
newyorkstateag.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In response, newyorkstateag.bsky.social led 22 states in suing Donald Trump and the federal agencies to reinstate the legal flow of funds. As of Friday afternoon, I expect the judge to issue such an order compelling EPA and others to turn funding back on.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585...
🔌💡 8/X
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585...
🔌💡 8/X
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The judge’s order stayed implementation of the OMB memo but not the Executive Order itself. OMB withdrew the memo but EPA and other agencies continued to block all funds by pointing to the authority of the EO. The WH Press Secretary made clear that the freeze was still in effect.
🔌💡 7/X
🔌💡 7/X
January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The judge’s order stayed implementation of the OMB memo but not the Executive Order itself. OMB withdrew the memo but EPA and other agencies continued to block all funds by pointing to the authority of the EO. The WH Press Secretary made clear that the freeze was still in effect.
🔌💡 7/X
🔌💡 7/X
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On Jan. 28, several lawsuits were filed to stop the funding freeze from taking effect. U.S. District Judge AliKhan issued such an order, which led to widespread reporting that the freeze was over. This was NOT TRUE - funds were still frozen across the government.
www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...
🔌💡 6/X
www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...
🔌💡 6/X
Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread
A federal judge has paused a sweeping new plan from the Trump administration to halt categories of federal spending.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
On Jan. 28, several lawsuits were filed to stop the funding freeze from taking effect. U.S. District Judge AliKhan issued such an order, which led to widespread reporting that the freeze was over. This was NOT TRUE - funds were still frozen across the government.
www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...
🔌💡 6/X
www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...
🔌💡 6/X