We have 30 days until the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws are rescinded. This is the 50-year bedrock of American conservation. Normally, these actions take years but the administration has provided 30 days for public comment gutting clean water and clean air. Drop what youβre doing, before you make any more calls or read any more social media posts, please populate the Federal Register with dissent.
A. Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations
B. Click on the green rectangle in the upper right corner ("SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT") .
C. Fill in your comment, and info at the bottom, and SUBMIT COMMENT.
I just did that (2/27/2025), and the message on that website said:
The comment period ends March 27, not March 30!!!
I strongly suggest (in your own words) couching your dissent in Trump's (and followers') own rhetoric. Here's what I said:
Removing these regulations will make America sick again, cause neurological and intellectual impairment in children (due to less regulation of lead), and raise the level of preventable cancers in adults (due to less regulation of known carcinogens),thus reducing American productivity and greatness.
Done! It took me two seconds.
I donβt like to comment on Tumblr posts. Iβm pretty reclusive and not very good at social media.
However:
This is something that hits very close to home for me. Iβm an environmental scientist. I have the pleasure right now with this administration of keeping my job. I have the ability to keep people safe, directly, but I rely on regulations to enforce what I use as my best scientific judgement.
There are things that you donβt realize effect you in your daily life, and this is one of those things. NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, and OSHA are precious to me in a way that even my fellow scientists donβt always understand. I know regulation, I have the entirety of 49 CFR bookmarked on both my work and personal computer.
Please, Tumblr, go leave comments. Go voice your dissent. It means something, no matter how bleak this may seem. Last I checked there were about 11k comments. Thatβs more than Iβve seen on many other dockets Iβve been keeping an eye on this last year. Combined.
Say something because it means something to us. To those of us fighting from the inside and out.





























