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Donald Trump, EPA
Coronavirus, Environment, Opinion
April 5, 2020 | Celia Wexler and DonkeyHotey
Tags: clean air, EPA

Trump’s Dirty Deed: Latest EPA Deregulation Will Kill Americans

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Trump White House has not let a pandemic interfere with its drive to gut environmental regulations.

Donald J. Trump
Politics, US Politics
June 20, 2019 | Celia Wexler
Tags: advisory panel, environment, EPA, executive order, Trump

Will Trump’s New Directive ‘Lobotomize’ Federal Brain?

Reading Time: 4 minutes President Donald Trump wants to cut the number of federal advisory panels by one-third. Critics say this will make it much harder for agencies to rely on objective facts to do their job protecting the environment as well as public health and safety.

government shutdown
Environment, Threats to Democracy
January 16, 2019 | Celia Wexler
Tags: Donald Trump, EPA, regulations, shutdown

Trump Shutdown Compounds Threat to Public Safety and Protection

Reading Time: 6 minutes Federal agencies had already been reeling from the Trump administration’s disdain for regulation. The shutdown adds insult to injury — and puts Americans at risk.

science, environment
Environment, Featured
December 26, 2017 | WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tags: climate change, EPA, pollution

2017 Was a Brutal Year for the Environment

Reading Time: 4 minutes The battle of humankind vs. nature might have been a draw this year — with several huge blows to the environment as the planet metaphorically struck back with devastating natural disasters. It is a fight with no winners.

Richard Nixon, climate change
Video
September 9, 2017 | Claire Wang
Tags: climate change, EPA, hoax, Nixon

Can Harvey and Irma End Republican Climate Change Denial?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hurricane Harvey was supposed to be a 500-year event. Instead, it became the third and most destructive in three years. Whether Americans can outlast more catastrophic disasters will depend on the GOP’s willingness to acknowledge and combat the threat of climate change.

Environment
July 31, 2017 | Celia Wexler
Tags: EPA, Scott Pruitt, toxic chemicals

When Toxic Politics Clash With Toxic Chemicals

Reading Time: 7 minutes For 40 years, the federal government has failed to protect the public from toxic chemicals. Last year, a bipartisan Congress passed a law to change that state of affairs. Public health advocates worry that the Trump administration is now undermining it.

Betsy DeVos
Video
July 8, 2017 | Christine Capozziello
Tags: education, EPA, student loan debt

Lawsuits Pile Up as Government Agencies Delay New Rules

Reading Time: 2 minutes Government agencies continue to delay Obama-era regulations, leading to an influx of legal challenges from states.

: Scott Pruitt, formerly Oklahoma Attorney General, spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2015. During his tenure, he lobbed several lawsuits against the EPA.
Video
June 24, 2017 | Christine Capozziello
Tags: Budget, climate, EPA, Pruitt

EPA Drops Scientists, Invites in Corporations

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over half of the EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors have been dismissed to make way for fossil fuel advocates, leading many to worry about the vanishing role of independent scientific review within the agency.

Monsanto, rubber stamp
Environment
May 1, 2017 | Pris Pho
Tags: EPA, Glyphosate, Jess Rowland, Monsanto

Conflict of Interest Questions Dog Former EPA Official

Reading Time: 3 minutes A former EPA official involved in a controversial study of the health effects of Monsanto’s glyphosate is being taken to court by public interest advocates who want to know more about his ties to the company and the chemical industry.

Glyphosate, EPA, FOIA
Big Money
March 22, 2017 | Pris Pho
Tags: EPA, FOIA, Glyphosate

Why Is the EPA Delaying Release of Glyphosate Information?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Last spring, a report published on the EPA’s website said glyphosate does not cause cancer. It disappeared within a week and an advocacy group’s efforts to obtain the information has been met with silence. Now it is suing for access.

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