Tag: EPA
EPA approves use of herbicides linked to cancer and crop cross...
Dicamba, the main ingredient in the three herbicides, is "highly volatile and can easily drift onto unprotected neighboring fields from fields of crops genetically engineered to withstand it."
Trump’s EPA dismisses dangers of chlorpyrifos on children’s brain downplaying agency’s...
“The EPA is ignoring decades of science by leading universities and in doing so, it's neglecting its duty to protect children from pesticides.”
EPA chief previews a second Trump term: More deregulation, fewer environmental...
He also used his platform to say the agency would focus less on preventive measures that stop pollution, but concentrate on the cleanup of toxic areas.
Thousands of pollution monitoring exemptions made to oil and gas industry...
“It’s like saying, ‘We’re going to remove the radar guns and remove speedometers, but you still have to comply with the speed limit. That doesn’t make sense.”
Trump’s toxic wake: 10 ways the EPA has made life more...
The administration's record on chemical safety has been especially hazardous for the health of Americans, especially children.
Trump’s EPA finalizes rollback of methane emissions rules
“This damaging new rule won't save fossil fuel corporations, it won't bring the U.S. closer to energy independence, and it won't protect people from dangerous air pollution.”
EPA expected to allow more methane emissions from oil and gas...
“The negative impacts of methane have been widely acknowledged for years, so it’s frustrating and disappointing to see the administration go in a different direction.”
Trump administration attempt to gut NEPA sued by a broad coalition...
“What is best for big business and Washington lobbyists is rarely what is best for local communities.”
New legislation to ban toxic pesticides helps protect children’s health
“The federal pesticide policy is in urgent need of reform.”
Federal appeals court rules against EPA, affirms Clean Air Act protections
"EPA can no longer look the other way while states unlawfully exempt industrial polluters from vitally important air pollution control requirements.”
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.