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    Court Rebukes EPA, Orders Ban on Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains

    Court Rebukes EPA, Orders Ban on Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains

    In a scathing opinion, a federal court on Thursday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide linked to brain damage in children. The ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals nullified the decision last year by then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to cancel the agency’s proposal to ban chlorpyrifos—an […]

    Career EPA Staff Objected to Trump Administration’s Asbestos Plan

    Career EPA Staff Objected to Trump Administration’s Asbestos Plan

    Attorneys and scientists with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) objected to the Trump administration’s proposal of a “significant new use rule” (SNUR) for asbestos, according to internal agency emails obtained by the The New York Times. Trump’s former EPA boss Scott Pruitt quietly announced the proposal in June, framing the plan as an “important, […]

    Trump EPA Will Maintain Obama-Era Smog Rule

    Trump EPA Will Maintain Obama-Era Smog Rule

    Trump’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Wednesday that it would defend an Obama-era smog rule from a lawsuit brought in part by disgraced administrator Scott Pruitt when he was still attorney general of Oklahoma, The Hill reported. Justice Department attorneys said in a court brief that the EPA would no longer attempt to revise […]

    Green Groups Sue EPA to Reverse Pruitt’s Last Act

    Green Groups Sue EPA to Reverse Pruitt’s Last Act

    Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an attempt to block Scott Pruitt‘s last act as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an act they say his replacement Andrew Wheeler declined to undo despite requests. On July 6, the EPA wrote two memos saying the makers of super-polluting “glider trucks,” new truck bodies using […]

    EPA Shakeup: Wheeler Gives First Address as Top Pruitt Aides Step Down

    EPA Shakeup: Wheeler Gives First Address as Top Pruitt Aides Step Down

    Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Andrew Wheeler addressed his new employees for the first time Wednesday, setting the tone and agenda for his leadership, Pacific Standard reported. Wheeler broke with ex-EPA head Scott Pruitt in style, but not in substance, vowing to be more transparent and listen to career staffers while also upholding President […]

    Pruitt’s Parting Attack on America’s Air Could Cost 1,600 Lives

    Pruitt’s Parting Attack on America’s Air Could Cost 1,600 Lives

    In his last day at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Friday, ousted Administrator Scott Pruitt left a parting gift for polluters, and took a parting shot at America’s lungs. Pruitt acted to remove a cap on the number of glider trucks—new truck bodies built without engines or transmission that produce 55 times the air […]

    10 Scandals That Ultimately Booted Pruitt

    10 Scandals That Ultimately Booted Pruitt

    When Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt resigned his position Thursday, he explained in a letter to President Donald Trump that he was stepping down because “the unrelenting attacks on [him] personally, [and his] family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizeable toll on all of [them].” What he didn’t mention was that he […]