FEMA Won't Disclose Plan for Responding to a Hurricane in Puerto Rico
"The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public."
Source: ProPublica, 10/27/2017
Journalism & Media
"EPA Press Office Tips Toward Hostility Under Pruitt"
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s press office has launched personal attacks on reporters, reflecting Trump’s campaign style."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/25/2017
"Regulations: Mum's The Word About EPA's Rule-Cutting Task Force"
"Eight months after President Trump established regulatory reform task forces at agencies, the U.S. EPA panel's work is still shrouded in secrecy."
Source: Greenwire, 10/24/2017
‘Let Us Do Our Job’: Anger Over EPA’s Apparent Muzzling Of Scientists
"The Trump administration’s decision to prevent government scientists from presenting climate change-related research at a conference in Rhode Island on Monday gave the event a suddenly high profile, with protesters outside, media inside and angry lawmakers and academics criticizing the move."
Source: Washington Post, 10/24/2017
"E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has canceled the speaking appearance of three agency scientists who were scheduled to discuss climate change at a conference on Monday in Rhode Island, according to the agency and several people involved."
Source: NY Times, 10/23/2017
Facing Outcry, New Mexico Restores Global Warming to Science Standards
"New Mexico’s public education agency announced late Tuesday that it would restore references to evolution, global warming, and the age of the Earth that had been stripped out of the state’s proposed science education standards."
Source: Mother Jones, 10/20/2017
"E.P.A. Scrubs Climate Change Website of ‘Climate Change’"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has removed dozens of online resources dedicated to helping local governments address climate change, part of an apparent effort by the agency to play down the threat of global warming."
Source: NY Times, 10/20/2017
SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA
The SEJ has written the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to object to its criticism of an Associated Press story about Superfund sites following Hurricane Harvey floods. That, plus a judge rules against EPA for withholding records on the pesticide Enlist Duo, and more, in this month's WatchDog.
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"Democrats Accuse EPA’s Pruitt of Misusing Taxpayer Funds"
"Top-ranking Congressional Democrats are calling on a federal watchdog to review whether Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt broke the law by making a video for a private group opposing an Obama-era clean-water rule."
Source: AP, 10/17/2017
Homebuyers Not Told Houston's Reservoirs Would Flood Their Properties
"When Jeremy Boutor moved to a master-planned community in Houston’s booming energy corridor, he saw it as idyllic. ... Then, Hurricane Harvey changed everything. As the downpours began and Boutor studied maps flashing on his TV screen, he realized that his home wasn’t at risk of flooding just because of record rainfall; it was also located inside one of two massive reservoirs that had been built west of Houston decades ago to protect the city."
Source: Texas Tribune, 10/12/2017
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