Tag: EPA
Exxon, Peabody coal lobby for bill poised to load EPA science...
“That is a science advisory board – it will not function better by having fewer scientists on it."
How to respond to EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s lie about carbon...
Don’t argue with Pruitt or his Koch Brother-funded cousins. Close down the coal plants. End coal.
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.
The chicken and the egg
President Donnie Trump has named some doozies to his cabinet and one that stands out as threats to humane and healthy food is Scott Pruitt.
Trump moves to repeal Obama’s Clean Water Rule
Now that Trump has taken this first step, further action against the EPA is likely to follow.
Trump to slash EPA funding to fuel U.S. war machine
“Most federal agencies will see a reduction as a result.”
Why the people who grow your food are worried about Scott...
Pruitt’s approach to the EPA is likely to threaten farmworkers, who are highly exposed to the effects of climate change, including heat stress and increased pesticide use.
Thousands of emails from Oklahoma office of Trump EPA administrator Scott...
The emails shed new light on the relationship between Pruitt and the sphere of advocacy outfits and legal groups funded by Koch Industries' billionaires Charles and David Koch.
The student-built website that keeps government climate data safe
Since Trump’s election, scientists have been scrambling to save climate change data sets. And one Michigan graduate student thought the more copies, the better.
Surprise! The four GOP representatives behind bill to abolish EPA are...
Over their careers, these legislators appear to have responded in kind, pushing legislation favored by the industries reliant on fossil fuels.
POPULAR
Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."