Monday, August 18, 2025

Tag: EPA

Environmental protection head rejects ban on chemical insecticide

The chemical is currently used on over 40,000 farms in the U.S.

Congress must investigate collusion between Monsanto and the EPA, now

If anyone inside the EPA has colluded with Monsanto to bury evidence that glyphosate causes cancer, Congress should investigate that collusion now.

Unsealed court documents suggest collusion between Monsanto, EPA to pollute science

The wide range of potential health effects – and researchers' calls for additional study of them – points to the many unknowns and possible risks regarding the safety of glyphosate.

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.

POPULAR

US-Russia talks: The choice between peace and Escalation 

As negotiations progress, U.S. officials must be honest about the U.S. role in provoking this crisis.

A presidential wrecking ball

Trump is spitting on the grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark...

Voters in Montana will have the opportunity this fall to ban corporate political spending and dark money in federal, state and local...

DC sues Trump administration over attempted takeover of city police

District leaders warn of unprecedented assault on home rule as lawsuit seeks to block federal seizure of MPD.

ICE: The making of an American Gestapo

The depth and breadth of outrage against the brutal treatment of migrant and refugee families by ICE has even extended into the agency itself.