All posts tagged "epa"
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Authoritarianism
Trump: There Is ‘No Final Straw’ For Scandal-Plagued Pruitt, It Was His Decision To Resign
July 5, 2018President Trump said Thursday that he did not force scandal-ridden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott...
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NEWS
Sen. Sanders: ‘Scott Pruitt Was The Worst EPA Administrator In The History Of The Agency’
July 5, 2018Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday celebrated Scott Pruitt‘s resignation as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, calling him...
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NEWS
Teacher Who Told Pruitt To Resign At Restaurant Asks Trump: ‘Where Are You Going To Lunch Tomorrow?’
July 5, 2018Kristin Mink, the schoolteacher and mother who publicly confronted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt...
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CLIMATE
New Emails Reveal EPA Chief Pruitt Exempted Oil Companies From Pollution Rules
July 4, 2018Newly obtained emails reveal that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt granted exemptions to oil...
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NEWS
Teacher Confronts EPA Chief Pruitt At Restaurant, Tells Him To Resign For ‘Our Children’s’ Sake
July 2, 2018A woman publicly confronted embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt while he was eating...
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CLIMATE
EPA Staff Say Trump Admin Is Changing Their Mission To Protecting Industry Instead of Human Health, Environment
June 8, 2018Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York); Lindsey Dillon, University of California,...
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CLIMATE
Federal Judge Orders Pruitt To Provide Evidence Backing Up His Climate Change Denial
June 7, 2018The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Beryl Howell, has...
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Authoritarianism
GOP Senator: If Trump Wants To ‘Drain The Swamp’, ‘He Needs To Take A Look At His Own Cabinet’
June 5, 2018Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) criticized President Trump Tuesday, saying if he wants to “drain the swamp,” then “he...
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NEWS
EPA Spent $1,560 To Buy 12 Customized Silver Fountain Pens For Scott Pruitt
June 1, 2018The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) paid $1,560 for a dozen customized silver fountain pens for Administrator...
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CLIMATE
EPA Bans Reporters From Covering Event On Contaminated Drinking Water, Forcibly Removes AP Reporter From Building
May 22, 2018An Associated Press (AP) reporter says she was forcibly removed by security guards from an Environmental...
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DEMOCRACY
Sen. Leahy Rips Pruitt For Flying First Class To Avoid Danger: ‘Nobody Even Knows Who You Are’
May 16, 2018Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) mocked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt on Wednesday for spending...
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DEMOCRACY
Top Conservative Magazine Calls On EPA Head Scott Pruitt To Resign Over His Lavish Spending And Ethics Scandals
May 14, 2018The stalwart conservative publication “Weekly Standard” published an editorial Monday calling on President Trump’s Environmental Protection...
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CLIMATE
Seven States + DC Threaten To Sue Pruitt’s EPA Over Proposal To Restrict Science
May 7, 2018A group of eight Democratic attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D),...
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NEWS
EPA Chief Pruitt Made Travel Wishlist And Asked Staff To Find ‘Official’ Reasons To Go: Report
May 4, 2018Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly drew up a list of his preferred travel...