Environment

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“Now with increased capacity, the threat to our health and drinking water supply has only grown. We look to the Biden administration to take action.”

Trump's appointment of Pruitt was met with unprecedented criticism by environmental and health organizations nationwide, being described as a "puppet" of the fossil fuel industry.

Unfortunately, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt will continue to side with industry interests over science and citizen health.

“[P]olicymakers should look very critically at proposals to expand or otherwise assist the natural gas industry, which has yet to demonstrate that it is capable of contributing positively locally or on a large scale to the states and counties where it is most prevalent.”

Aging pipelines are seen as a major issue that could create catastrophes.

“Together, our findings raise the possibility that increased risk of metabolic disorders associated with PFAS exposure are caused by alterations in thyroid hormones and mediated by changes in lipid metabolism.”

“Even just a year or two ago, most people would have thought these projections are pretty far away from ever happening.”

“I don’t say this lightly as a scientist, but this is the most important election ever in Brazil for the Amazon and its survival.”

"But for the theft of Indigenous lands," said environmental activist and attorney Steven Donziger, "this pipeline would not even exist."