From the Washington Post: Environmental Protection Agency air chief Bill Wehrum, who helped reverse Obama-era rules aimed at cutting pollutants, is stepping down amid scrutiny over possible violations of federal ethics rules.
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Former Republican EPA Directors Says Trump Administration Is “Undermining Science”
Here’s an interview with three Republicans who led the Environmental Protection Agency in years going back to the Reagan administration. They joined four Democrats in writing a joint letter to the EPA oversight committee, in which they express their concern that …
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Cuyahoga River Fire: 50 Years Ago Today
The evisceration of the Environmental Protection Agency continues to become even more extreme. It doesn’t help that the EPA is run by a man who’s spent his entire career promoting coal, but it gets far, far worse.
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Coal Kills, So Let’s Welcome It Back
Those who eagerly await the Apocalypse will like this: the latest roll-back of environmental regulations concerning the consumption of coal. Andrew Wheeler (seated), administrator of the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is shown here repealing the federal law (The Clean …
Environmental Protection Agency Drains All Funding from Scores of Long-term Studies on Children’s Health
Would it be helpful to know the effects of pesticides and other toxic chemicals on developing bodies and minds? Well, that’s a moot point, because studies that would provide insight here, some spanning decades, have now been defunded by the …
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Science Takes One on the Chin
Here’s an exchange that suggests that the U.S. may be losing the battle to keep science alive and functioning as the core of policy-making.
No Love Lost Between California and the Trump Administration
Unremarkably, the Trump administration is a) rolling back MPG and emissions standards for cars and trucks sold in the U.S., degrading both human health and our environment, while b) trying its damndest to make it impossible for the more progressive …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: EPA on Obama-Era Mercury Emissions from Coal Plants
Question: What are the three most dangerous effects to human health that derive from ingesting/inhaling the mercury that gets into the food supply and atmosphere from coal plant emissions?
Federal Vs. State Government Re: the Environment: Resolving the Inconsistency
Now here’s a little piece of raw curiosity for you. When it comes to fuel standards for autos, the Trump administration wants the states to subjugate their authority to the federal government; in fact, it’s suing to force the state …
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America’s True Problem
At left we find a quote from American historian and political dissident Howard Zinn; it’s from the transcript of his opening statement in a debate at Johns Hopkins in 1970. Think of how absurdly impossible a Donald Trump presidency would …
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