Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tag: EPA

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.

America did not vote for this cabinet

The cabinet is a strong indicator of who Trump's government will really be working for.

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White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.

New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses

While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
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She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
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Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse

One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Photo: Dctrzl / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths

Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.