Sunday, May 19, 2024

EPA sued for failure to release glyphosate documents

The EPA has no legal basis for refusing to produce these records.

Exxon, Peabody coal lobby for bill poised to load EPA science board with polluters

“That is a science advisory board – it will not function better by having fewer scientists on it."

The U.S. has one inspector for every 5,000 miles of pipeline – or twice...

If U.S. president Donald Trump’s plans to complete both the long-disputed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines come to fruition, they would add 327 miles and 1,172 miles, respectively, to that burden.

How to respond to EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s lie about carbon dioxide and climate

Don’t argue with Pruitt or his Koch Brother-funded cousins. Close down the coal plants. End coal.

Former Koch agents, fossil fuel industry hired guns now staffing Trump’s federal agencies

The Trump transition team was loaded with Koch-tied operatives, many from the Institute for Energy Research, a Koch-funded group which helped carve out the Trump White House's energy policy.

Pesticides cause ‘catastrophic’ harm to people and planet, UN report says

“The overuse of pesticides has crippled agricultural ecosystems by helping to spur pest infestations.”

Pruitt flings open EPA doors to anti-science conservative ideologues

Pruitt refused to recuse himself from eight ongoing lawsuits against the EPA that he helped file as Oklahoma’s top prosecutor.

Protests begin in DC after motion to halt Dakota Access is denied

Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline company that owns Dakota Access, has already been drilling under Lake Oahe for weeks.

Trump proposes cutting Great Lakes funding by 97%

Every Senator needs to do the right thing for those living by the Great Lakes and reject these dangerous cuts.

Congressional energy and climate committees are loaded with ex-fossil fuel lobbyists

Ex-lobbyists-turned-congressional-staffers get bonuses from their old employers as a parting gift as they step through the reverse revolving door.