Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have suspended their panel’s rules to force through Scott Pruitt‘s nomination to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The maneuver was made only one day after all 10 Democratic members of the committee announced a boycott over President Donald Trump’s EPA pick. The boycott was […]
As incoming President Donald Trump prepares to appoint an anti-regulatory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator based on claims that environmental regulations “kill jobs,” a new report that synthesizes decades of economics research documents that this claim is false. 5 Things You Need to Know Trump's EPA Pick Scott Pruitt https://t.co/gASl3w4OuE @HuffPostGreen @greenpeaceusa — EcoWatch […]
2016 was the hottest year ever recorded, smashing records set in 2014 and 2015. This marks the third consecutive year of record-breaking heat, a first in the modern era. 2016 is the hottest year on record by a wide margin, 1.69 F (0.94 C) warmer than the 20th century average. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1422510414428558/ expand=1] Deke Arndt, […]
By Ken Kimmell One well-reported thing about Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump‘s nominee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, is his penchant for filing lawsuits to block the EPA from enforcing clean air, clean water and climate regulations, rather than suing polluters in his own state of Oklahoma. This alone ought to provide ample […]
Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke‘s confirmation hearings today kick off a busy week on the Hill for environment and climate hawks facing three crucial back-to-back cabinet hearings. Best piece yet on Trump's Interior pick, Zinke @EcoWatch https://t.co/Pj4JYW44g1 — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 16, 2016 While Zinke is expected to have a relatively smooth […]
As Donald Trump’s administration begins to take shape, we’re learning more and more about the Koch puppets that Trump is appointing to #StaffTheSwamp. The other day, an Environmental Defense Fund post called out Trump’s EPA Admin nominee Scott Pruitt for possible impropriety and what looks like “pay-to-play” situations, where Pruitt, on multiple occasions, received money […]
The core, fundamental responsibility of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to ensure clean air and clean water for all Americans in order to protect our health and keep us safe. So, the agency deserves a leader who will pursue that mission tirelessly and passionately. But President-elect Donald Trump has instead nominated Scott Pruitt, […]
By Jo Miles We all expected that Trump‘s cabinet would mean trouble for many of the things we care about, from clean energy and healthy communities to our very democracy itself. But his chosen nominees are worse than we could have imagined. These individuals, responsible for the policies and decisions that affect the lives and […]
By Lauren McCauley Not willing to sit idle as Donald Trump and his cabinet take office and roll out an avowedly pro-fossil fuel, anti-regulation agenda, campaigners are preparing for a multi-faceted affront to the new administration. 10 Questions the #Senate Must Ask #Pruitt & #Tillerson https://t.co/3p0OOqVOl1 @CarlPope #PollutingPruitt #Rexxon @sierraclub @greenpeaceusa — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) January […]
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