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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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Study: EPA Staff – Trump Administration Changing Mission From Protecting Health & the Environment to Protecting Industry
This article discusses how the Trump administration is putting industry (money) over public health.
The Environmental Protection Agency made news recently for excluding reporters from a “summit” meeting on chemical contamination in drinking water. Episodes like this are symptoms of a larger problem: an ongoing, broad-scale takeover of the […]
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Steve Milloy – climate change denier – works in EPA
This article discusses Steve Milloy, an climate change denier, who is, unfortunately, working at the EPA.
There’s a growing body of science showing that humans are threatened by all three. Policymakers have spent years crafting public health protections based on that research.
Steve Milloy just sees junk to debunk.
The former securities lawyer […]
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Pruitt Starts Rewriting How EPA Weighs Costs, Benefits of Regulation
This article discusses how Trump and Pruitt are rewriting regulatory rules to benefit companies, at the expense of the health of residents and the environment, and climate change.
Proposed changes would downplay human health and climate benefits of environmental regulations in favor of cutting costs for polluting industries.
The […]
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The Chemical Industry Scores a Big Win at the EPA – At Everyone Else’s Expense
This article discusses how Trump and Pruitt are teaming up to allow the chemical industry to pollute the air, land, and water, with almost no protections for the health of the residents or the environment.
The Trump administration, after
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Judge to EPA: you are legally required to turn over Pruitt’s documentary evidence for climate denial
This article discusses how the courts are forcing EPA and Pruitt to disclose the science behind their decisions, something they don’t want to do. Why? Because there is none.
Embattled EPA Director Scott Pruitt went on national TV to announce on behalf of the US government that “I would not […]
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In Rebuke to Pruitt, EPA Science Board Votes to Review Climate Policy Changes
This article discusses the EPA efforts to roll back the Clean Power Plan and weaken auto standards and other regulations. This action was done by the EPA Science Advisory Board, which has more than a dozen a Pruitt-appointed EPA scientists.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, […]
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EPA used disavowed research to justify putting dirtier trucks on the road
This article discusses how the EPA, under Pruitt, used faulty study to justify putting polluting trucks back on the roads.
At a time when acts of defiance against the Trump administration are routine in Sacramento, the rebuke that breezed through the California Assembly this month still came as a […]
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