Tag: EPA
Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act in jeopardy as Senate...
"The price will be dirtier rivers and streams, and more wildlife on the fast track toward extinction."
EPA to allow minors to be exposed to highly toxic pesticides
Unfortunately, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt will continue to side with industry interests over science and citizen health.
Activists win major victory, forcing the EPA to update regulations on...
The EPA wanted years to study the hazards, instead the court gave them 90 days to update regulations.
EPA allowing widespread use of unapproved pesticides, study finds
“The chronic abuse of the emergency approval process has created a shortcut for pesticide companies looking to gain backdoor approval for use of harmful pesticides.”
Lawsuit launched against Trump EPA for approving fracking waste dumping into...
At least 10 fracking chemicals routinely used in offshore fracking could kill or harm a broad variety of marine species, including marine mammals and fish.
EPA holding its only public hearing on clean power plan repeal...
The EPA will receive online comments about its proposal and any requests for additional public meetings until Jan. 16.
Monsanto ignored warnings about dicamba risks as far back as 2011
Monsanto steadfastly denies responsibility.
Pruitt is removing science advisers who have received EPA funding, but...
The EPA administrator called for scientific independence while drowning in fossil fuel money.
How Monsanto captured the EPA (and twisted science) to keep glyphosate...
Since 1973, Monsanto has cited dubious science, like tests on the uteri of male mice, and the EPA has let much of it slide.
Exxon refinery catches fire day after government settles over pollution from...
Exxon’s Baton Rouge refinery is adjacent to one of the company’s eight facilities named in a settlement reached with the EPA and the DOJ.
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House bill would let Marco Rubio strip passports over political speech
Provision would let the Secretary of State deny or revoke passports over alleged “material support” as critics warn of thought policing and unchecked authority.
Free speech under siege as Trump FCC forces cancellation of Kimmel
ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s show after threats from Trump’s FCC, raising alarms about corporate capitulation, censorship, and the systematic erosion of First Amendment protections.
Tlaib and Sanders push bill to tax excessive CEO pay
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Rashida Tlaib unveiled legislation that would impose higher taxes on corporations paying executives more than 50 times their workers, citing billion-dollar gaps at firms like Walmart, Starbucks, and Tesla.
Brainwashed nation part I: Assault and battery upon the American brain
An ongoing visitation on the issue of propaganda in the current political environment.
How the rich and their right-wing cronies plot to break working people
They’re plotting to hijack democracy and put working people under the feet of CEOs, the ultra-wealthy, and other Republican fanatics.