ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin Unveils 500 Top Environmental Wins During President Trump’s First Year Back in the White House

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026, marking exactly one year since President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 500 top environmental accomplishments EPA has achieved to fulfill the agency’s statutory obligations and core mission under President Trump's leadership. 

These 500 accomplishments are part of Pillar 1 of Administrator Zeldin’s Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative: Delivering clean air, land and water to all Americans. The progress includes the signing of a historic new agreement between the United States and Mexico to mark additional significant  advancement to permanently and urgently end the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis, a proposed rule returning Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 to its proper statutory purpose to protect water quality and eliminate regulatory overreach, the decision to regulate dozens of applications of five widely used phthalate chemicals to Make America Healthy Again and address environmental and workplace risks, accelerated enforcement efforts to stop foreigners from profiting off sending poisons and pollution to the United States, billions of dollars in funding to reduce lead in drinking water, and so much more.

This impressive work highlights just a portion of what EPA accomplishes on a daily basis to advance the agency’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment while growing the economy, and following through on policies that lower costs, unleash American energy, streamline permitting reform and advance cooperative federalism, make America the AI capital of the world, and revitalize the U.S. auto industry.

To see all 500 of the extraordinary accomplishments to ensure the cleanest air, land and water and keep Americans safe and healthy, click here.