New Lawsuit Targets EPA Over Audit Scott Pruitt Has Tried to Keep Secret
"A report raised red flags about an Oklahoma environmental program. Pruitt ordered it sealed."
Source: Mother Jones, 04/06/2018
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Trump Pick to Head Superfund Spent Decades Fighting Cleanups for Polluters
Peter Wright, Donald Trump's nominee for EPA Assistant Administrator in charge of the Superfund program spent decades representing polluters that created such hazardous waste sites. His nomination is still pending in a Senate committee.
Source: The Intercept, 03/30/2018
"Spending Bill Rejects Trump’s Proposed EPA Cut"
"The $1.3 trillion government-wide spending bill released late Wednesday rejects President Trump’s proposal to slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget by 31 percent."
Source: The Hill, 03/22/2018
Trump Nominates Dow Chemicals Lawyer To Oversee EPA Toxic Waste Program
"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday nominated a Dow Chemicals lawyer to head-up an Environmental Protection Agency unit that oversees hazardous waste disposal and chemical spills from toxic 'Superfund' sites."
Source: Reuters, 03/05/2018
"House Dems Want Watchdog To Probe Pruitt’s First-Class Flying"
"Leading House Democrats want the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog to look into EPA head Scott Pruitt’s premium-class flights on the taxpayer’s dime."
Source: The Hill, 02/15/2018
"Toxic Vapor Tests Lag For Thousands Of Michigan Sites"
"276 Michiganians were ushered or barred from homes and other sites due to possible cancerous fumes. People were relocated from sites in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Sturgis, according to the state."
Source: Detroit News, 02/08/2018
Floods Are Getting Worse, and 2,500 Chemical Sites Lie in Water’s Path
"Anchored in flood-prone areas in every American state are more than 2,500 sites that handle toxic chemicals, a New York Times analysis of federal floodplain and industrial data shows. About 1,400 are located in areas at highest risk of flooding."
Source: NY Times, 02/06/2018
EPA Program To Study Toxic Chemicals Fights for Its Life — Against EPA
"A small but vitally important program within the Environmental Protection Agency is in a fight for its life. The Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, is the only division of the EPA that independently assesses the toxicity of chemicals."
Source: The Intercept, 02/05/2018
"EPA Orders Cleanup At St. Louis Nuclear Waste Site"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ordered a long-awaited cleanup of a Superfund site northwest of St. Louis, saying residents living near the landfill contaminated with World War II-era nuclear waste deserve action after waiting 27 years for federal regulators to issue a decision."
Source: Washington Post, 02/02/2018
"Water Utilities Fear EPA Loan Program Growing Too Big, Too Fast"
"A fledgling water infrastructure loan program at the EPA is experiencing an unusual problem in Washington: It may enjoy too much political support."
Source: BNA, 01/25/2018
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