Tallahassee, Fla. (WTXL) - The Florida State Environmental Service Programs has organized a rally for the EPA in Tallahassee.
FSU Environmental Services rallied with the hopes to bring attention to several environmental issues.
Lauren Corey, an organizer of the rally said, "The event is taking place because the current administration has enforced unrealistic expectations and unfair restrictions."
They said that the legislation against the agency is happening in Florida as well.
This week U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican junior congressman representing Florida's 1st Congressional District, drafted a bill that would eliminate the EPA.
Organizers also point to the Trump Administration as a main contributor to the limitation of the agency.
Just today, Associated Press reported that the Trump administration had stopped its temporary freeze on contract and grant approvals. A media blackout at the agency has appeared to been lifted, but AP reports that the agency hasn't posted to it's Twitter feed since Trump's inauguration.
These things, as well as scrutiny of the EPA's data, has lead these protesters to feel like the agency is being unfairly "oppressed".
