Tag: EPA
17 states sue EPA over Pruitt’s decision to weaken auto standards
The lawsuit is short and direct – only 122 words, including the names of the 17 states – petitioning the District of Columbia Circuit Court to review EPA’s decision under the Clean Air Act.
Ford touts ‘green’ image while arguing for weaker efficiency standards and...
Is Ford actively lobbying for this “flexibility” to allow for even more crossovers to be categorized as light trucks?
Scott Pruitt’s real scandal is helping turn the US into a...
The EPA chief isn’t just corrupt – he believes the role of government is to help the fossil fuel industry maximize profits.
Monsanto bullies EPA on glyphosate ruling
Monsanto has launched a campaign to pressure the EPA into declaring glyphosate safe.
Federal Court rules against Trump administration’s attempt to rollback Corporate Average...
The court's ruling upheld the higher fine currently in place for automakers who manufacture "gas guzzlers."
Koch vs. California: These groups are pushing Pruitt to undo the...
“We are going to do everything that can been done to defend these standards.”
Crony corruption in Trumpworld
Crony corruption. Do we deserve better? Certainly, our children and grandchildren do.
15 state AGs sue EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for not enforcing...
“Over and over again, the Trump administration has put polluters before the health and safety of New Yorkers.”
Pruitt, auto industry, and climate deniers retreat behind closed doors to...
The rules they are helping to write will set the industry back, emit more greenhouse gases, and cost American drivers more at the gas pump.
50+ mayors vow to ‘vigorously resist’ EPA’s Fuel Efficiency rollback
"We strongly urge the auto industry to join us, and to use its influence with the Administration to ensure that these standards remain in place."
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The President from Hell (and High Water)
Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson
The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire
State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans
Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.
Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed
For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.