"Anti-EPA Lawmaker Hounded At Town Halls"
"A Republican who has proposed to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was hounded by constituents recently at a pair of town hall events."
Source: The Hill, 02/27/2017
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Newest Trump Executive Order Pushes His Anti-Regulatory Agenda Further
"Every federal agency will set up a task force dedicated to quickly finding regulations to eliminate, as mandated by an executive order signed Friday by President Donald Trump. It is one of a series of moves the White House believes will free U.S. businesses from the bonds of health, safety, consumer and environmental protections."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/27/2017
Okla. AG's Office Confirms Pruitt Used Private Email For State Business
"The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office confirms former Attorney General Scott Pruitt used a private email for state business. The information comes a week after FOX 25 first revealed the emails that appeared to be sent from Pruitt’s private email account."
Source: KOKH, 02/27/2017
"Firefighters and Cancer: Is A Risky Job Even Riskier?"
"Sitting before the D.C. Council in a crisp blue dress shirt, Lt. Preston L. Williams Jr. recounted the day he was first diagnosed with the cancer that was slowly killing him."
Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2017
Scott Pruitt Says Those Who Want To Kill EPA Are 'Justified'
"Those who want the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate the department are 'justified' in their beliefs, the EPA head under President Donald Trump told a gathering of conservatives on Saturday."
Source: Huffington Post, 02/27/2017
"Aggressive Cuts To Obama-Era Green Rules To Start Soon: EPA Head"
"U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will begin rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations in an "aggressive way" as soon as next week, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Saturday - adding he understood why some Americans want to see his agency eliminated completely."
Source: Reuters, 02/27/2017
Under Pruitt, Watch Enforcement Data
As questions arise about how thoroughly the U.S. EPA's new administrator Scott Pruitt (left) will enforce environmental regulations, reporters can get at the story through EPA’s own exhaustive enforcement database. TipSheet provides a step-by-step on how to use data resources to follow trends and find bad actors.
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More Controversy in Pipeline for Pipelines
Keystone XL and Dakota Access may be the biggest pipeline stories so far, but they're far from the last, as dozens of other pipeline proposals come into play. Track this developing beat with our latest Issue Backgrounder, which provides a walkthrough of legal and regulatory challenges, and a case-by-case rundown.
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Partisan Divide in Congress Wider Than Ever on Environmental Issues: LCV
"House Republicans cast pro-environmental votes just 5 percent of the time in 2016, while their Democratic colleagues tallied a 94 percent voting record, according to the League of Conservation Voters. That makes the 114th Congress the most politically polarized in the 46-year history of LCV's Scorecard, the new numbers released Thursday show."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/24/2017
"U.S. Energy Regulator Still Advancing Obama-Era Climate Guidance"
"In what appeared to be a belated adoption of an Obama-era directive, the U.S. energy agency responsible for approving multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline projects has directed companies to start disclosing potential climate change impacts."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/24/2017
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