EPA

House GOP Passes Bill To Cut EPA Funding By 40%

On Friday, the House Republicans passed a funding bill with a majority vote of 213-203, which reduces the Environmental Protection…

12 months ago

EPA Raises Emission Standards, Supports The Sale Of More EVs

The Biden Administration is proposing new tailpipe emissions standards, forcing carmakers to shift more focus on producing more electric vehicles.…

2 years ago

Supreme Court Curtails EPA’s Ability To Fight Climate Change, In Latest Far-Right Move

The Supreme Court reduced the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from powerplants in a 6-3 ruling…

2 years ago

Reversing Trump, EPA To Tighten Fuel Emissions Standards Dramatically For Cars & Light Trucks By 2026

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will start to tighten fuel emissions standards for cars and light trucks to…

3 years ago

Trump Administration Reduces Restrictions On Mercury Emissions

The Trump administration on Thursday undermined regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the release of mercury and other toxic…

5 years ago

Trump Guts Water Protections For Streams & Wetlands Enacted By Obama

President Donald Trump is taking a further step in environmental protection rollbacks. This time, he’s gutting water regulations.  The Trump…

5 years ago

After Trump Environmental Protection Rollbacks, Air Pollution Increases For 1st Time In Years Leading To 10,000 Deaths

After years of progress in reducing air pollution under the Obama Administration, air pollution rose dramatically in 2018 and led…

5 years ago

Trump Administration Refuses To Ban Neurotoxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Linked To Developmental Delay In Children

The Environmental Protection Agency, led by Andrew Wheeler, refused last week to ban chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide that several studies funded…

5 years ago

Ex-EPA Head Scott Pruitt Spent $124,000 On Improper Flight Upgrades, Department Won’t Ask For Reimbursement

The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General has announced that former EPA head Scott Pruitt spent $124,000 on unnecessary…

5 years ago

Trump’s EPA Proposes Easing Coal Rules Despite Climate Change Reports, Marks Obama-Era Rollback

On Thursday, President Donald Trump's administration proposed rolling back yet another Obama-era climate rule: it suggested loosening restrictions on future coal…

6 years ago

Trump Administration Guts Obama-Era Methane Rules

The administration of President Donald Trump has proposed its latest rollback of climate rules established by former President Barack Obama, moving…

6 years ago

Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama’s Strict Emissions Standards

President Donald Trump's administration released a proposal to roll back greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for automobiles on…

6 years ago

Scandal-Plagued EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns, Trump Accepts Resignation In Tweet

Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned on Thursday after months of reports about controversies that raised questions…

6 years ago

EPA Removed Scott Pruitt’s Controversial Meetings From Its Public Records, Says Whistleblower

Former EPA official Kevin Chmielewski has revealed that the organization keeps a secret calendar, which was systematically scrubbed by officials…

6 years ago

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Sent Security Detail To Pick Up Moisturizing Lotion From Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Scott Pruitt, the EPA administrator, has a long list of scandals that continues to grow each day and that keeps raising…

6 years ago

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Sought Chick-fil-A Franchise For His Wife With Aide’s Help

Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, tasked an aide with facilitating a “business opportunity” between his wife and…

6 years ago

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Asked Aide To Get Used Mattress From Trump Hotel

Plenty of ethical controversies have rocked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt in the past several months, the most…

6 years ago

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Spent Over $3,000 For 12 Fountain Pens & Journals

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is under fire again for extravagant spending at the government agency. According…

6 years ago

EPA Proposes Major Roll Back Of Obama-Era Car Fuel Pollution Rule

On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposal to roll back a Barack Obama-era climate change rule related to…

6 years ago

Scott Pruitt Bought A Home With A Lobbyist While Serving As A State Senator

When he was an Oklahoma state senator 15 years ago, Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt bought a home with…

7 years ago