Tag: Scott Pruitt
Former EPA employees sound the alarm in scathing report
If nothing else, this chaotic president and his crony Pruitt have stayed true to their word.
Pruitt names lawyer who defended Koch Industries as a top EPA...
Traylor represents yet another conflict of interest.
EPA head continues to defend Trump’s historic mistake
By withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, Scott Pruitt and Donald Trump are turning their backs on American families, eating away at America's global leadership and standing alone on the wrong side of history.
EPA reportedly helped Paris agreement opponents place op-eds in newspapers
Conservative op-eds argued wrongly that China and India are not taking action.
If they’re wrong, the planet dies
The Obama administration could have done more to stop climate change. The Trump administration couldn't have done less.
12 farmworkers poisoned by toxic pesticide only one month after EPA...
Chlorpyrifos originates from a nerve gas developed by Nazi Germany.
Two scientists resign from EPA to protest recent firings
The scientists insist they will “not be a future prop for bad science.”
EPA puts politics over science
This isn’t 1984. You can’t just throw scientific conclusions into the metaphorical memory hole.
Scientists removed from EPA board
Pruitt has been criticized by many for his ties with the energy industry, which leaves many environmentalists worried about his neutrality in making decisions for the EPA.
EPA employee denounces Pruitt, Trump in fiery resignation letter
Other staffers are dissenting from within the agency.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.