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EPA Watchdog: White House Blocked Part of Truck Pollution Investigation, Caused Lack of Public Information

EPA Watchdog: White House Blocked Part of Truck Pollution Investigation, Caused Lack of Public Information

The Trump administration pushed through an exemption to clean air rules, effectively freeing heavy polluting, super-cargo trucks from following clean air rules. It rushed the rule without conducting a federally mandated study on how it would impact public health, especially children, said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General Charles J. Sheehan in a report […]

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    Oil Execs Brag About Having ‘Direct Access’ to Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary

    Oil Execs Brag About Having ‘Direct Access’ to Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary

    Oil executives gathered for a conference laughed about their “unprecedented” access to Trump administration officials, according to a recording obtained by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. In the recording, taken at a June 2017 meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) at a Ritz-Carlton in Southern California, members expressed excitement about […]

    Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Confirmed to Head the EPA

    Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Confirmed to Head the EPA

    The Senate voted to confirm former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as official head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday. Wheeler has run the agency since July, when he replaced former administrator Scott Pruitt following a resignation prompted by numerous scandals. As acting administrator, Wheeler has confirmed the fears of environmentalists that he would […]

    Wheeler’s EPA Keeps Brain-Damaging Chlorpyrifos in Food

    Wheeler’s EPA Keeps Brain-Damaging Chlorpyrifos in Food

    Health and labor organizations will have to argue again in court that chlorpyrifos, a brain-damaging pesticide, must be banned from all food uses, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The decision comes four months after Andrew Wheeler’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the court to rehear the case either by the three-judge […]

    Fox & Friends Let Pruitt Set Own Interview Agenda

    Fox & Friends Let Pruitt Set Own Interview Agenda

    Disgraced former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has managed to add to his scandal count even after his resignation. Emails obtained by the Sierra Club through a Freedom of Information Act request and reviewed by The Daily Beast show that during his time in office, Pruitt’s staff were sent interview questions ahead […]

    The EPA Has Disappeared Its Climate Page

    The EPA Has Disappeared Its Climate Page

    The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) climate change page might be gone, permanently. Four months after Donald Trump took office, the agency replaced its “climate change” page with an update message saying the site was being changed to “reflect the agency’s new direction under President Donald Trump.” But now even the promise of an update is […]

    Zinke’s Shrinking of National Monuments and Meetings With Halliburton Could be Center of DOJ Investigation

    Zinke’s Shrinking of National Monuments and Meetings With Halliburton Could be Center of DOJ Investigation

    One of the Department of Interior’s (DOI) internal watchdog investigations into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke‘s behavior while in office has been referred to the Justice Department, which only happens when investigators determine there might have been a criminal violation, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Two sources familiar with the investigation broke the news to the […]

    Interior Department Watchdog: Zinke Family Travel Violated Department Policies

    Interior Department Watchdog: Zinke Family Travel Violated Department Policies

    The internal watchdog of the Department of the Interior (DOI) concluded Thursday that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated department travel policies by having his family members ride in government vehicles, The Hill reported. The report, by the DOI’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) also confirmed that Zinke and his wife Lolita cost taxpayers more than […]