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By Ken Kimmell Voting largely along party lines, Congress just confirmed Scott Pruitt as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—an attorney who has spent his professional career suing the EPA to stop the agency from performing its fundamental mission of ensuring clean air and water for all Americans. This confirmation marks a sharp […]

The Oklahoma County Court on Thursday found Trump‘s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee Scott Pruitt in violation of the state’s Open Records Act. The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) filed a lawsuit against Pruitt for improperly withholding public records and the court ordered his office to release thousands of emails in a matter […]

By Robin Scher There are many things to fear about Donald Trump‘s presidency. From a decline in socially progressive values to deteriorating international diplomatic relations, the political effects alone are cause for conniptions. Then there’s the toll on the environment. Where to begin? In short, protecting the climate isn’t as profitable as selling oil. In […]

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Trump administration Tuesday for illegally suspending the rule to put the rusty patched bumble bee on the endangered species list. The rusty patched bumble bee has lost approximately 90 percent of its range in the past 20 years. It is the first bumble bee ever listed under […]

By Brian Palmer “Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions,” said Richard Nixon, the founder of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in his 1970 State of the Union speech. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/10158252716670301/ expand=1] If only. While there was clearly a time when support for environmental regulations transcended politics, […]

By Martha Roberts Scott Pruitt, President Trump‘s pick for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is withholding thousands of emails related to his ties to major energy interests who may have donated to his political causes. https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/10158252716670301/ Such stonewalling makes it difficult for senators to vote on his nomination since they can’t know if these […]

By Carey Gillam A new court filing made on behalf of dozens of people claiming Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide gave them cancer includes information about alleged efforts within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect Monsanto’s interests and unfairly aid the agrichemical industry. Judge Blocks Monsanto's Bid to Stop California From Listing Glyphosate as Carcinogenic […]

I coined the term “Serengeti Strategy” in my 2012 book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. It’s meant to describe how industry special interests and their patrons in power single out individual researchers or teams of scientists for attack, in much the same way lions of the Serengeti single out an individual zebra from […]