The meme here came from a reader. There is no doubt that Trump and his Republican minions would be ecstatic if the nation looked the other way while: Matt Gaetz is appointed to be U.S. Attorney General. Let’s suppose that …
Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Turns 40 Years Old
Here’s RMI’s cofounder Amory Lovins shaking hands with Jimmy Carter. It may come as a surprise that there was a time before environmentalism became a partisan issue. The Environmental Protection Agency was formed in the Nixon administration. Nowadays, notions like …
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Mass Exodus of Scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The most recent “Take a Cool Guess” called for readers to take a stab at the number of scientists who left the EPA during the Trump administration. Below is a breakdown of their fields of specialization. Will these folks be …
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EPA Finalizes Rules to Limit Use of Science
From Ars Technica: With the days counting down to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration has been undertaking a series of actions that will make it more difficult for its replacements to reverse any of its policies …
Trump Sabotaging Environment As He Leaves Office
From this piece: With President Donald Trump’s term soon coming to an end, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule that critics are calling a last-minute attempt to “sabotage” future efforts by President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration to …
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Most, But Not All of It, Is Happening Right Under Our Noses
In my recent post It’s All Happening Right Under Our Noses, I fear I may have left the impression that every single atrocity Trump commits is done in plain sight. That’s not true. The big ones are made obvious, not …
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California Doesn’t Stand Alone in Environmental Defense
Of the 100+ rollbacks in environmental regulations under the Trump administration, its official replacement of Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks is probably the most egregious.
Trump Hands Major Victory to the Oil and Gas Industry, But Will It Survive in Court?
From the Los Angeles Times: The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to combat climate change, releasing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks that handed a victory to the oil and gas …
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Coronavirus and Environmental Irresponsibility
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, saying industries could have trouble complying with them during the coronavirus pandemic.
Scientists, Though Sacked, Keep on Working
As a nation, we tend to do a great deal of hand-wringing about job loss. Given that, it’s strange that there isn’t more concern for the passel of scientists that have been fired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over …
