Geoff Fettus
@ghfettus.bsky.social
Managing Attorney for the Toxic Exposure & Health Program at Earthjustice. This is my personal account. Along with the planet, my girls, dog, bikes, and food. In that order. I might even post here some days.
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Republicans are doubling down on Trump’s obsession with taking over Greenland and introduced a bill to make it the 51st state.
On #TheFlipSide, Democrats are working to get taxpaying, American citizens in D.C. statehood.
On #TheFlipSide, Democrats are working to get taxpaying, American citizens in D.C. statehood.
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Republicans are doubling down on Trump’s obsession with taking over Greenland and introduced a bill to make it the 51st state.
On #TheFlipSide, Democrats are working to get taxpaying, American citizens in D.C. statehood.
On #TheFlipSide, Democrats are working to get taxpaying, American citizens in D.C. statehood.
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In its first year, this Trump admin attacked our environment and placed corporate profits over our health and future.
We fought back with over 150 legal actions and won important victories for clean energy, environmental justice, and protecting our oceans. But we have even bigger fights ahead.
We fought back with over 150 legal actions and won important victories for clean energy, environmental justice, and protecting our oceans. But we have even bigger fights ahead.
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
In its first year, this Trump admin attacked our environment and placed corporate profits over our health and future.
We fought back with over 150 legal actions and won important victories for clean energy, environmental justice, and protecting our oceans. But we have even bigger fights ahead.
We fought back with over 150 legal actions and won important victories for clean energy, environmental justice, and protecting our oceans. But we have even bigger fights ahead.
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Prior Republican & Democratic administrations & EPAs have found consistently that these health benefits for Americans & the U.S. economy total in the TRILLIONS of dollars.
The Trump administration & its EPA say zero.
The most extreme, irresponsible & destructive administration running EPA, ever.
The Trump administration & its EPA say zero.
The most extreme, irresponsible & destructive administration running EPA, ever.
Trump’s EPA & Lee Zeldin now assign $0 value to these health benefits from clean air protections: lives saved; avoided strokes & asthma & heart attacks; avoided cardiovascular & respiratory disease; days not missed from work or school; avoided ER visits & more.1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless
How the agency’s new math favors polluters over people.
www.motherjones.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Prior Republican & Democratic administrations & EPAs have found consistently that these health benefits for Americans & the U.S. economy total in the TRILLIONS of dollars.
The Trump administration & its EPA say zero.
The most extreme, irresponsible & destructive administration running EPA, ever.
The Trump administration & its EPA say zero.
The most extreme, irresponsible & destructive administration running EPA, ever.
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Cannot recall any previous EPA head being this unprepared and belligerent in a congressional hearing.
caught in a lie by Sen. Whitehouse, Lee Zeldin starts yelling at him and has a meltdown
May 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cannot recall any previous EPA head being this unprepared and belligerent in a congressional hearing.
This has been a phenomenal and heartbreaking series by Defector's superb Sabrina Imbler - I think I got the gift link on this right. Today she spoke with an EPA employee.
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Fired EPA Public Affairs Specialist | Defector
When Veronica Correa started college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she knew she wanted to pursue some kind of science, but traditional paths—such as medicine or research—didn’t f...
defector.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This has been a phenomenal and heartbreaking series by Defector's superb Sabrina Imbler - I think I got the gift link on this right. Today she spoke with an EPA employee.
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...
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NEW: TCE, a chemical used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, can cause cancer, organ damage and a potentially fatal heart defect in babies.
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took…
propub.li
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: TCE, a chemical used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, can cause cancer, organ damage and a potentially fatal heart defect in babies.
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
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Since Trump's inauguration, his EPA had announced no major step to address water or air pollution.
That changed today. Trump's EPA BOASTED it plans the biggest rollback of safeguards for health, land, water & air quality in US history. To INCREASE harmful pollution to water, air, to your community.
That changed today. Trump's EPA BOASTED it plans the biggest rollback of safeguards for health, land, water & air quality in US history. To INCREASE harmful pollution to water, air, to your community.
March 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Since Trump's inauguration, his EPA had announced no major step to address water or air pollution.
That changed today. Trump's EPA BOASTED it plans the biggest rollback of safeguards for health, land, water & air quality in US history. To INCREASE harmful pollution to water, air, to your community.
That changed today. Trump's EPA BOASTED it plans the biggest rollback of safeguards for health, land, water & air quality in US history. To INCREASE harmful pollution to water, air, to your community.
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What will it take to make progress on the environmental crisis now? Ask the team of lawyers who sued Trump in his first term.
“Everything needs to have an offensive dimension,” says Abigail Dillen, president of our longtime environmental partner,
@earthjustice.bsky.social.
pat.ag/B/BestDefense
“Everything needs to have an offensive dimension,” says Abigail Dillen, president of our longtime environmental partner,
@earthjustice.bsky.social.
pat.ag/B/BestDefense
March 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What will it take to make progress on the environmental crisis now? Ask the team of lawyers who sued Trump in his first term.
“Everything needs to have an offensive dimension,” says Abigail Dillen, president of our longtime environmental partner,
@earthjustice.bsky.social.
pat.ag/B/BestDefense
“Everything needs to have an offensive dimension,” says Abigail Dillen, president of our longtime environmental partner,
@earthjustice.bsky.social.
pat.ag/B/BestDefense
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On the latest episode of Healthy Climate America, @johndwalke.bsky.social joins host @lisapatel.bsky.social to break down the end of Chevron deference—its history, politics, and potential impact—plus how health professionals can speak up.
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
February 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On the latest episode of Healthy Climate America, @johndwalke.bsky.social joins host @lisapatel.bsky.social to break down the end of Chevron deference—its history, politics, and potential impact—plus how health professionals can speak up.
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
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These bans on cancer-causing chemical are a very big deal reflecting tireless work to highlight the dangers of TCE, amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, and litigate all through Trump I to give the law teeth.
Now the fight goes back to the courts.
@earthjustice.bsky.social will be there.
Now the fight goes back to the courts.
@earthjustice.bsky.social will be there.
E.P.A. Bans Perc and T.C.E., Two Chemicals Used In Dry Cleaning
The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:37 PM
These bans on cancer-causing chemical are a very big deal reflecting tireless work to highlight the dangers of TCE, amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, and litigate all through Trump I to give the law teeth.
Now the fight goes back to the courts.
@earthjustice.bsky.social will be there.
Now the fight goes back to the courts.
@earthjustice.bsky.social will be there.
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On why Musk and Ramaswamy do not know what they do not know.
And why their prescriptions would not pass a first year administrative or constitutional law class. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
And why their prescriptions would not pass a first year administrative or constitutional law class. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Musk and Ramaswamy Are Making a Big Mistake
They want to blame the bureaucrats, but they’re going to need those very same bureaucrats if they want to get anything done.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
On why Musk and Ramaswamy do not know what they do not know.
And why their prescriptions would not pass a first year administrative or constitutional law class. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
And why their prescriptions would not pass a first year administrative or constitutional law class. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...