EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Monday that the Trump administration is moving to scrap the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s signature regulatory program to curb emissions from coal-fired power plants. Pruitt made the announcement at an event in Hazard, Ky., casting the previous policy as unfair. “That rule really was about picking winners and […]
Activists Vow Fighting in the Streets Over Repeal…
EPA Investigating Toxic Leaks from Exxon Refineries…
Court Strikes Down Obama EPA’s Restrictions on Earth-Warming Gases…
A federal court on Tuesday struck down an Obama administration rule that banned certain uses of certain gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration. The court said that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot ban hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under a Clean Air Act provision meant to protect the ozone layer, since that section is meant…
100,000 Pages of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust in an Oregon Barn for Decades – Until Now…
For decades, some of the dirtiest, darkest secrets of the chemical industry have been kept in Carol Van Strum’s barn. Creaky, damp, and prowled by the occasional black bear, the listing, 80-year-old structure in rural Oregon housed more than 100,000 pages of documents obtained through legal discovery in lawsuits against Dow, Monsanto, the Environmental Protection […]
AP Even Invented Imaginary Pruitt Meeting…
U.S. Declines to Affirm International Commitment to Addressing Climate Change…
The Trump administration declined to sign a joint international statement over the weekend that would have reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to addressing global climate change. “We the United States do not join those sections of the communiqué on climate and MDBs [Multilateral Development Banks], reflecting our recent announcement to withdraw and immediately cease implementation […]
U.S. Paid $1 Billion To Paris Agreement Green Fund – All Other Nations Combined $0…
The Paris Treaty was/is always about distribution of economic wealth; and the convenient use of “climate phrases” as branding instruments used to create political policy favorable to multinational corporate interests who control the shifting of economic wealth. Listen to the responses from participating EU corporate comptrollers discussing climate and the entire purpose of the Paris […]
President Trump Has Perfectly Positioned Angela Merkel as The De Facto Head of The EU…
Pruitt’s EPA Axes Half of Key Scientific Review Panel…
Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abruptly dismissed as many as half the members of a key scientific review board, and is seeking to replace them with representatives of the very industries the agency is tasked with policing. “Today, I was Trumped,” wrote Robert Richardson, an environmental economist at Michigan State University and former […]
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