Tag: EPA
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."
Auto Alliance pushed climate denial to get Trump admin to abandon...
The Trump administration has announced its intention to weaken standards, relying on misinformation provided by the Auto Alliance and its members.
Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since...
Across agency websites, documents have disappeared, web pages have vanished and language has shifted in ways that appear to reflect the policies of the new administration.
Federal judge rules Pruitt ‘knowingly’ violated Ozone Standards law
"This is a victory for everyone who breathes, and is clear evidence that Scott Pruitt's frequent attempts to delay and obstruct federal clean air safeguards is against the law."
The fight to save the EPA
With environmental regulations under attack and EPA budgets being slashed, can the destruction of the agency be prevented?
‘Keep it in the ground’ approach to fossil fuels on US...
An important part of this finding seems like common sense – limiting fossil fuel production would lead to reduced consumption.
For the EPA, ‘reform’ means giving industry what it wants
A small-town explosion shows what's at stake in the deregulatory debate.
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10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House
“Here are ten reasons why Jeffries should not be Speaker.”
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
Cornell University Is Embroiled in Another Sexual Assault Lawsuit
A newly uncovered 2023 lawsuit alleged the university's Title IX office did not take repeated sexual assault allegations seriously. The case may go to trial next year.
The Next Congress Must Meet the Moment by Passing Medicare for All
This election was all about affordability — and few things are more unaffordable than American health care.
The Garbage Man: Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills
Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.