Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Justice Department dismisses environmental enforcement lawsuit against Denka, citing end to "DEI programs" — The Department of Justice, on behalf of the EPA, dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Biden Administration against Denka Performance Elastomer LLC on March 7, 2025. The suit, filed February 28, 2023, alleged that the company's neoprene manufacturing facility in LaPlace, Louisiana posed an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health under the Clean Air Act's emergency powers provision. The dismissal was framed as fulfilling President Trump's executive order to end "radical DEI programs." EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the agency would enforce environmental law "without improperly implementing so-called 'environmental justice.'"
• Trump administration drops environmental lawsuit — The Trump administration has agreed to drop a lawsuit against the Denka synthetic rubber plant in Reserve, Louisiana, which was filed under the Biden administration in February 2023. The lawsuit aimed to curb emissions of chloroprene, a likely human carcinogen, from the plant. The decision to dismiss the case was made in compliance with an executive order issued by Trump targeting "wasteful government" and "DEI programs." This move has been criticized by local community leaders who are concerned about the health risks posed by the plant's emissions.