Tag: EPA
EPA has been captured by fossil fuel interests, democratic senators tell...
Rampant cronyism, conflicts of interest, and corruption?
Trump’s EPA weakens justification for life-saving mercury pollution rule
"This final rule will increase the risk of more kids with asthma and brain damage, and more people with cancer."
Exxon now wants to write the rules for regulating methane emissions
The current regulatory system in America does not protect the public interest.
Court requires EPA to protect communities against worst-case chemical spills
“It is way beyond time for EPA to exercise the moral and political courage to protect these overburdened communities from the daily assaults on their health and quality of life.”
EPA updates plans to limit use of science in decision-making
"They're putting in nonscientific criteria to decide what science the agency can use."
EPA enforcement in distress — and more trouble is brewing
The White House has now quietly and ominously asked polluters to help identify new opportunities for deregulation.
Critics: Trump EPA’s formal assertion glyphosate poses no risk to human...
"The EPA's pesticide office is clearly willing to bend over backwards, including disregarding its own guidelines for evaluating cancer risks, to give the industry what it wants."
Science-advisory board says Trump administration’s policies run counter to established science
"EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler must immediately withdraw these unlawful proposals that threaten the health and well-being of all Americans."
EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health
If the secret science rule is adopted, EPA officials will have to pretend that this kind of research doesn’t exist, since the patient records that it draws on can’t be made public.
U.S. Government sides with Bayer over Roundup cancer case
Roundup weedkiller did not have to require cancer warnings, according to the EPA and Justice Department.
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Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA
The new standard, finalized in March 2024 and fully enforceable since the start of 2026, closes this gap and practice that often misled consumers who believed they were supporting American ranchers.
Spain blocks US war operations in Iran and calls conflict “profoundly illegal”
Madrid closes airspace and denies military base access, widening tensions with Washington as legal experts cite violations of the UN charter
Trump, complicity in genocide, started a terrible war; he must be removed NOW.
When will this march into Trump authoritarianism be stopped by some powerful, fearless leader?
What The Media Should Know About Gun Background Checks
Although the details of the plan have not yet been released, several outlets are reporting that the Obama administration will address what is known as the “gun show loophole” or “private sales loophole.”