Scandal-ridden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt faced his third congressional hearing in less than a month Wednesday, admitting to an act that Democrats say broke federal law, The New York Times reported. In the hearing, which was supposed to be a routine budget hearing conducted by the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the environment, […]
Under the guise of “transparency,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a controversial proposed rule Tuesday that actually limits the type of scientific studies and data the agency can use in crafting public health and environmental regulations. The change—long championed by conservative lawmakers, chemical manufacturers and the fossil fuel industry—would only allow […]
By Violet Batcha The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) is seeking public input on the health impacts of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. But despite mounting evidence, the EPA continues to ignore glyphosate’s hazards, and it looks like Monsanto’s under-the-table influence may be a reason why. Monsanto has launched a campaign […]
A group of 39 senators and 131 representatives signed a resolution calling for the “immediate resignation” of Scott Pruitt, the scandal-plagued U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator. The document represents a record number of senators to formally demand a cabinet official to step down. The resolution comes in the wake of Pruitt’s growing list of […]
By Jeff Turrentine Scott Pruitt’s long record of misdeeds and malfeasance finally seems to have caught up with him. Whether his numerous scandals, recently making headlines, will cost him his job as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still an open question. President Trump has been tweeting his support of his EPA […]
The chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is seeking details about U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt‘s use of four different agency email addresses. The Hill reported that Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., sent a letter Friday to Pruitt asking him to “confirm that the EPA does in fact search all […]
The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm former Inhofe staffer and coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to the position of deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to serve as Scott Pruitt‘s second in command. Democrats Heitkamp, Manchin and Donnelly joined with Republicans to give approval for Wheeler to move into a position regulating […]
As Americans, we have a right to expect that the people we entrust with public service will work toward good governance, put the national interest first, advance the mission they’re given, and do so with integrity. Scott Pruitt has betrayed that solemn trust on every count. He’s shredding public confidence in our government with every […]
By Keith Gaby Given the tenuous hold Scott Pruitt has on his job leading the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), attention has now turned to the pending nomination of coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to become the embattled agency’s deputy administrator. In the event Pruitt were forced from office by the avalanche of scandals swirling around […]
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