Tag: EPA
Trump’s EPA pick slapped with lawsuit as hundreds demand the Senate...
Pruitt has a history of suing the EPA, is a strong supporter of federalism and has made no move to address pollution or environmental justice for his home state.
New bill would block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
Trump notoriously campaigned on slashing Obama-era environmental regulations and rolling back the EPA. It seems he is following through.
Race, history, and the #ScienceMarch
“People from all parts of the political spectrum should be alarmed by [Trump’s] efforts to deny scientific progress.”
California regulators allow oil companies to continue injecting wastewater into more...
According to the environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action, the announcement appears to be in violation of DOGGR’s own compliance schedule, which requires all injection well operators that have not obtained an aquifer exemption from the EPA to cease injection by February 15, 2017.
Here’s what a defunded EPA means for America
The agency Trump plans to eviscerate does much more than fight climate change.
Democrats boycott committee vote on Trump’s EPA pick
“Pruitt is wholly unfit and unqualified to lead the EPA.”
Trump administration imposes freeze on EPA grants and contracts
The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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.
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Is the DNC giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?
Scant attention has focused on how hiding the autopsy provides an assist to Kamala Harris, who currently leads in polling of Democrats for the party’s 2028 nomination.
Trump’s quiet election push sparks alarms over federal power and the machinery of voting
A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.
Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science
The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
May 1 deadline could trigger constitutional clash over Trump’s Iran war
As the War Powers Resolution clock expires, a legal confrontation is emerging over whether President Donald Trump can continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval.