"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the request of 25 small refineries to be exempted from the nation’s biofuels laws, an agency source said on Wednesday, marking a big increase from previous years and triggering an outcry from farm groups worried the move will hurt ethanol demand."
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has been methodically weakening air pollution rules over the past year, is now taking control of key decision-making on the protection of streams and wetlands from the agency's regional administrators, an internal memo shows."
"After moving out of the Capitol Hill condo apartment he rented for $50 a night last summer, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to not have maintained a Washington residence for a month, instead traveling extensively for work and remaining for weeks at his Tulsa home."
"As an Oklahoma politician, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt received $181,000 in political contributions from donors who lobbied the EPA last year, according to a MapLight review."
"Obama-era restrictions on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are once again sidelined after a federal court today agreed to freeze implementation."
"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt used a unique hiring authority to bring on several political staffers, including top deputies in programs across the agency."
"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt pushed back on ethics allegations swirling around his rent of a lobbyist-linked condo last year. In interviews with conservative-leaning news outlets, the EPA chief said he was being targeted for his success in implementing President Trump's agenda of rolling back environmental regulations... ."
"President Donald Trump is not OK with the deal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt received to rent a room in Washington from the family of an energy lobbyist, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday."
"Bowhead whales, the black filter-feeding giants of the Arctic that can live for 200 years devouring tons of tiny marine creatures, boast another remarkable quality. Their unique underwater songs make them wonderful “jazz” artists."
"Phase-out of the toxics is working—but every kid tested still had some levels in their blood "
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[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa-refineries/u-s-ethanol-groups-bristle-as-epa-frees-refiners-from-biofuels-law-idUSKCN1HB2AH
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pruitt-takes-clean-water-act-decisions-away-regional-epa-offices
[4] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04042018/pruitt-memo-strips-clean-water-act-regional-epa-authority-streams-wetlands-leverage
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/after-leaving-hill-rental-pruitt-had-no-fixed-dc-address-month
[6] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/04/after-leaving-50-a-night-rental-epas-scott-pruitt-had-no-fixed-d-c-address-for-a-month/?utm_term=.a53820271872
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/donors-pruitt%E2%80%99s-oklahoma-groups-now-lobby-epa-and-reap-benefits
[8] http://oklahomawatch.org/2018/04/02/donors-to-pruitts-oklahoma-groups-now-reap-benefits-lobbying-the-epa/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-methane-standards-sidelined-yet-again
[10] https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/stories/1060078175
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pruitt-spread-special-hires-throughout-agency
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[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pruitt-taps-conservative-news-outlets-assail-his-critics
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[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-says-trump-not-ok-pruitts-apartment-deal
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[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/arctic-jazz-bowhead-whales-have-amazingly-diverse-songbook
[18] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-whales/arctic-jazz-bowhead-whales-have-amazingly-diverse-songbook-idUSKCN1HB00H
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/good-news-toxic-flame-retardants-declining-nyc-kids%E2%80%99-blood
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