🌿 Silencing Experts Won’t Silence the Truth
Posted by Tina Winterlik | July 5, 2025
“We will never be silent. The Trump administration has placed 139 EPA staffers on leave after they signed a letter of dissent opposing the agency’s current direction and policies. Silencing experts won’t silence the truth.”
— Alt Park Rangers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to protect our air, water, land, and climate. Created in 1970, it has long served as a guardian of public health and environmental safety — not just for Americans, but for the planet.
Now that mission is under direct attack.
❌ What Just Happened?
Reports say that the Trump administration placed 139 EPA staffers on leave — because they dared to speak up. They signed a letter opposing the EPA’s current political direction. This is censorship. It’s intimidation. And it’s dangerous.
🧪 What the EPA Does (or Should Do):
- Enforce Clean Air and Clean Water Acts
- Regulate toxic waste, pesticides, and emissions
- Research and monitor climate change
- Protect wildlife, forests, and wetlands
- Respond to public health threats from pollution
When the EPA is silenced, polluters are empowered — and people suffer.
🔮 The Future if This Continues
Let’s imagine a timeline if we don’t stop this erosion of environmental protection:
🕐 1 Year From Now (2026)
- Air and water protections are dismantled
- More fossil fuel mega-projects approved
- EPA climate scientists gagged or dismissed
- Dangerous pollutants slip through weakened regulations
- Cross-border pollution into Canadian lakes, forests, and air
⏳ 2 Years From Now (2027)
- Asthma and disease increase in low-income & BIPOC communities
- Extreme weather events become more frequent
- Environmental data is hidden from the public
- Forests burn; rivers dry; pipelines leak
- Canada-U.S. environmental cooperation breaks down
⏱️ 5 Years From Now (2030)
- Melting glaciers & sea level rise
- Global biodiversity collapse
- Climate refugees increase
- Flooding in low-lying coastal communities (U.S. & Canada)
- Food supply stress = rising prices, scarcity
🕰️ 10 Years From Now (2035)
- Daily air warnings become normal
- Insurance companies stop covering flood/fire zones
- Rich have access to clean water — others don’t
- Global food shortages = conflict
- Mass extinctions, global climate tipping points triggered
🌍 This Matters to Canadians and the World
Pollution doesn’t stop at borders. Canada shares air, water, trade, and environmental agreements with the U.S. What happens to the EPA affects us all.
When scientists are silenced, it’s not just about politics — it’s about the survival of people, nature, and truth.
✊ What Can We Do?
- Share this story and speak out against censorship
- Support whistleblowers and scientists
- Vote for leaders who respect climate science
- Organize community resilience (gardens, clean energy, Indigenous knowledge)
- Demand environmental justice and cross-border cooperation
💬 “Silencing the truth won’t stop climate change. But telling it — loudly, persistently — just might.”
In solidarity with the 139 EPA truth-tellers.
– Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
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