Tag: EPA
EPA works to remake troubled office of civil rights
A 2015 Center investigation found that the office had never made a formal finding of discrimination in 22 years.
How Jeff Sessions profited from introducing a fracking exemption for drinking...
It remains to be seen whether Sessions will face questions about his support for the S.724 (“the Halliburton Loophole”) or his Energen stock sell-off.
5 things you need to know about Trump’s EPA pick Scott...
Pruitt is a climate science denier.
Trump’s EPA pick rouses suspicions over ties to Koch Brothers
Trump's appointment of Pruitt was met with unprecedented criticism by environmental and health organizations nationwide, being described as a "puppet" of the fossil fuel industry.
Love that dirty water… and dirty wars!!
An EPA assessment in 2013 estimated that infrastructure needs for small water systems would total 64.5 billion dollars over 20 years.
Gutting the EPA will put millions of lives, and The economy,...
The American public is not powerless, and those who want clean air, clean water, a sound economy, and the right to live, will continue to fight back against every anti-environmental policy that could come out of Washington, D.C. in the next four years.
EPA releases new report and confirms what we all knew: Fracking...
“The EPA’s final report on impacts of fracking on groundwater has concluded what too many Americans already know from personal experience: Fracking has caused lasting harm to drinking water sources throughout the country.”
Washington becomes first state to sue Monsanto over PCBs, accused of...
Washington’s lawsuit comes just days before shareholders decide on Bayer AG’s $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto that would create the world’s largest seed and pesticide company.
A last resort that might work: Small town votes in community...
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
The billionaire energy investor who vetted Trump’s EPA pick has long...
Pruitt is a wholly owned subsidiary of the oil industry.