Trump did a 180 on Harvey and Irma after he was asked about climate change
President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed a link between climate change and the two hurricanes that recently pummeled the United States."We've had bigger storms than this," Trump told reporters...
View ArticleEPA cancels appearance by scientists at climate change conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has canceled plans for three of its scientists to speak on climate change at a conference in Rhode Island on Monday, an official said on...
View ArticleThe EPA may ban some scientists from its independent advisory boards
Scientists who won EPA research grants under previous presidential administrations may soon be barred from serving on the agency's independent advisory panels.The move could make it easier to install...
View ArticleThe Trump Administration has been quietly removing content from federal...
The Trump Administration is quietly changing things on .gov websites — and a group of academics and non-profits is keeping track.The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) released a new...
View ArticleThere are alarm bells at the White House amid the latest controversy...
White House officials are reportedly concerned about the living arrangement of Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency chief.Pruitt was found to be paying $50 a night to stay in an apartment...
View ArticleFox News anchor grills EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over lobbyist-connected...
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said his deal for a $50 per night condo in Washington, DC was not a breach of ethics.Pruitt also addressed the report detailing how an official went around the White...
View ArticleActivists troll Scott Pruitt with posters across Washington amid brutal week...
Protesters covered Washington, DC, with fake listings for a "luxury condo" to mock one of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's most recent scandals.The posters also left a phone number for the EPA's...
View ArticleA nuclear explosion in the US is a real possibility. Here are the scripts...
The US government prepares for all sorts of threats, ranging from biowarfare and chemical weapons to volcanoes and wildfires.But none match the specter of a nuclear explosion.A small nuclear weapon on...
View ArticleTwo of Scott Pruitt's closest aides resigned from the EPA after receiving...
Two of Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's top aides — both of whom had received large and controversial pay raises — are resigning this week. Sarah Greenwalt, Pruitt's 30-year-old...
View ArticleVideo shows a woman confronting EPA administrator Scott Pruitt in a...
A woman confronted the EPA administrator Scott Pruitt at a restaurant in Washington, DC, on Monday. Video of the encounter was posted on Facebook.In the video, the woman read from a list of notes,...
View ArticleDemocrats want an investigation into Scott Pruitt's 'secret calendars'
Democrats have asked the EPA's inspector general to investigate Scott Pruitt's office for creating "secret calendars" that allegedly concealed events and meetings.The lawmakers want to probe whether...
View ArticleEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandal
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief, Scott Pruitt, had resigned.Pruitt has for months faced increasing pressure to resign amid numerous...
View ArticleScott Pruitt sent a bizarre, unapologetic resignation letter to Trump
The embattled, and now former, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt delivered a resignation letter that was both unapologetic and clear about one thing: he served President Donald Trump.Trump announced...
View ArticleWhat to know about Andrew Wheeler, who will take Scott Pruitt's place as...
After months of ethics scandals, Scott Pruitt resigned as head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday.In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump announced Pruitt's resignation and said...
View Article9 noteworthy environmental protections Scott Pruitt was working to roll back...
Scott Pruitt, the Trump-nominated EPA administrator, has resigned in the wake of a long list of scandals.Pruitt was in the process of trying to roll back more than 30 environmental protections,...
View ArticleSee how Treece, Kansas, went from mining boom town to toxic wasteland in 96...
Treece, Kansas, doesn't exist anymore.Founded in 1917 around a mining operation, the town served as a major supplier of lead, zinc, and iron ore for decades. But when the reserves dried up, the local...
View ArticleThe EPA has moved to repeal a major Obama-era clean water rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers released a proposal on Tuesday to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule, the latest move by the Trump administration to unwind...
View ArticleEPA head Pruitt spent $12,000 of taxpayer money traveling home this spring —...
A new report from a watchdog group found that Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt spent $12,ooo of taxpayer money traveling home this spring, but hasn't visited his regional...
View Article17 facts that show why bottled water is one of the biggest scams of the century
There's nothing quite like the feeling of pure, ice-cold hydration. Some of us get our water free from the tap; the rest pay for it at the cost of $100 billion a year.At that steep a price tag, you...
View ArticleEPA official says the agency has shrunk to Reagan-era levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The workforce at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on course to fall to its lowest level since Ronald Reagan was president, an agency official said on Tuesday.In June,...
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