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Federal judge strikes down administration’s Clean Water Act attack
This Southern Environmental Law Center article discusses the Federal Court striking down the EPA attempt to gut the Clean Water Act.
A federal judge in South Carolina today struck down the administration’s effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams, and other waters that feed drinking-water sources […]
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Zombie Coal Plants Show Why Trump’s Emergency Plan Is No Cure-All
This article discusses how Trump’s stupid policy cannot save the coal industry. Two old Virginia power plants already operate under federal emergency authority. They don’t meet pollution standards, and one failed and has been offline for weeks.
Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis accepted General Washington’s victory to end the American […]
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Andrew Wheeler – Pruitt’s replacement at EPA
Read the DeSmog Blog’s analysis of Mr. Wheeler here. Not good.
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Report: Pruitt asked staffers to use personal credit cards for his hotel bookings
This article discusses how the head of the EPA is abusing his position in the government. Pruitt aides detailed the wide-ranging scope of his abuses.
Among the latest scandals plaguing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: He reportedly called on staffers to make his hotel bookings on their own personal […]
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Gas Pipelines in the Taylorsville Basin- What? No way! OMG!
Pipelines in the Taylorsville Basin? Wherever there are fracking wells, there are pipelines. So, if fracking is allowed in the Taylorsville Basin, there will be pipelines. Didn’t think about that? Probably also didn’t think about how the land will be acquired for the buried pipelines. Think Eminent Domain, where your land […]
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Okla. oil CEO spurred Pruitt on climate study
This article discusses how Scott Pruitt and the fossil fuel industry seem to be joined at the hip.
EPA officials and an Oklahoma oil industry executive quietly collaborated on a plan to scrutinize uncertainty in climate science.
Newly released emails show that Randy Foutch, CEO of Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum Inc., pitched […]
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Why climate change is the easiest news to fake
This article discusses climate change and why con artists pretend it isn’t real.
Climate change is intangible and complicated, which makes it an easy target for our era of fake news.
Why it matters: Addressing climate change, whether through government or private action, requires acknowledging a problem exists. Misinformation […]
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The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem
This article discusses the leakage rate of methane from O&G operations – it is far higher than EPA reports.
The American oil and gas industry is leaking more methane than the government thinks — much more, a new study says. Since methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, that […]
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Report: Scott Pruitt Is An Ethics Nightmare, But So Is Ryan Zinke
This article discusses the Trump Administration’s attempts to destroy the environment.
A Westerner appointed to President Trump’s cabinet, he’s drawn attention for his penchant for expensive travel, vanity perquisites of office, abuse of agency staff time, and cozy personal financial deals with business executives whose industries he oversees. Meanwhile, he has […]
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EPA Personnel – those who work locally for EPA
This article discusses the people who work for Pruitt at EPA. By and large, they are not there to do protect people and the environment – they are there to serve the overlord, Pruitt.
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