environmental protection agency
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Why Does White East Palestine, Ohio Get Apologies, But None for Black Cancer Alley?
Black communities smothered 24/7 by toxic industries keep getting strung along, with no apology in sight. This week is a perfect example.
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COVID-19 Exposed the Health Dangers of Air Pollution. Trump's EPA Still Refuses to Budge on Soot Regulation
Public health experts and environmental justice advocates have been calling for years for the Environmental Protection Agency to tighten its standards on soot, a deadly air pollutant that has been associated with higher COVID-19 death rates. But the Trump administration kept its brand strong on Monday, rejecting the tougher regulations, which will keep thresholds for…
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Trump's Environmental Proposals Are So Bad His Own Science Board Is Against Them
In news that is surprising to probably no one, a recent batch of environmental policies proposed by the Trump administration have been labeled trash. CNN reports that members of the Environment Protection Agency’s very own Scientific Advisory Board have voiced concerns against numerous proposals released by the Trump administration. This is notable because in 2017…
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On Earth Day, Our Fight for Environmental Justice and Against the Trump EPA’s Toxic Agenda Continues
The Trump administration and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler have failed African-American communities. Earth Day is the ideal time to renew our commitment to ensure everyone has equal access to clean air and safe environments regardless of which zip code they live in. It is also a time to remember our history is rooted…
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#Flint: EPA Upholds State Authority to Set Deadlines to Fix Deficiencies in City Water System
As of Thursday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,569 days without a clean and stable water system in their city. The lead service line is in the process of being replaced, and the government keeps telling the city that its water is safer now—but residents remain skeptical. Through it all, city and state…
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EPA Chief Scott ‘2 Chainz’ Pruitt Spent Nearly $3,000 on ‘Tactical’ Pants and Polos: Report
While America’s focus has rightly been on the Trump administration’s draconian border policing, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is out here balling! According to The Intercept, Pruitt has now spent some $4.6 million on security, a $1.1 million increase since his last financial disclosure, and “according to three expense line items for April, spent…
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EPA Chief Scott ‘All Gold Everything’ Pruitt Is Living His Best Life With Taxpayers’ Money; Morocco Trip Under Scrutiny
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt is becoming the Kanye West of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, and that’s because he can’t keep his name out of the press. Currently, Pruitt is facing at least 11 federal investigations into his lavish spending and possible kickbacks, including a sweetheart deal that allowed him the use of a Capitol…
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EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Is Doing His Best to Make Joanne the Scammer Proud
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is out here living his best life on the taxpayers’ dime. First there were charges that he and his wife were flying first class with a security detail and using military planes like his personal Uber. In one month, Pruitt charged some $90,000 in first-class flights. Since that scandal,…
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Earth Day 2017: Ex-Environmental Justice Chief for EPA on Using Your Power to Save the Planet
Long before Mustafa Santiago Ali helped establish one of our nation’s most esteemed federal programs, he was a child raised in a Baptist and Pentecostal church. He was born in a family passionate about social justice and civil rights, and his faith laid the foundation for a life of giving back. “It’s really important that…
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Scott Pruitt: We Need More Proof Global Warming Exists; That Earth’s Basically Melting Is Not Enough
Scott Pruitt, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, showed that he is everything we feared he would be Thursday when he got on television and basically denied that climate change exists. The Washington Post reports that Pruitt’s comments on the CNBC program Squawk Box “outraged scientists, environmentalists, and even his immediate predecessor” at…