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Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA chief, amid a string of scandals

Jul 6, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday, according to a report from CBS News. The decision followed months of controversy over ethics and corruption in his role at the EPA. ...

EPA move to roll back chemical disaster rules faces public backlash

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Jun 16, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to block an Obama administration regulation that would hold companies more accountable in the prevention of, and response to, chemical disasters, according to NPR...

Scott Pruitt’s links to the fossil fuel industry should come as no surprise

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Apr 7, 2018

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

The Huffington Post gained access to an internal Environmental Protection Agency email last month, calling on staff members to downplay the risks from climate change. Now, EPA chief Scott Pruitt is under fire f...

Union of Concerned Scientists to sue EPA for barring scientists from advisory boards

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Jan 26, 2018

Policy, Science

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the EPA, over an October directive from agency chief Scott Pruitt, barring EPA-funded scientists from sitting on the agency’s advisory boards. Professor Elizabeth “Lianne” ...

Trump’s EPA is set to roll back clean water regulations, despite water crises

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Jul 3, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is moving to scrap the federal clean water rule, a measure that protects drinking water for one third of Americans. They have proposed a “substantive re-evaluation” of wh...

Outgoing EPA administrator says staff are concerned Trump will sideline climate science

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Jan 23, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

According to outgoing EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy, staff at the agency are concerned that the incoming Trump administration could reverse progress on climate change and even interfere with science. McCarth...

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