"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is canceling public hearings slated for Washington, D.C., Detroit and Los Angeles to discuss its proposed weakening of Obama-era vehicle efficiency standards."
"A government watchdog is absolving former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt of any wrongdoing after critics questioned his involvement in an advertisement for beef."
"President Trump claimed that coal was “indestructible,” that West Virginia had one of the strongest state economies and that the U.S. was the “cleanest country in the planet.” None of that was true."
"Solstice introduces a “no-risk” contract, following a trend of increasingly flexible terms."
"President Trump's pick to lead the White House science office told scientists four years ago that "he doesn't know" if there's a climate tipping point and said the planet can be kicked "in the butt really, really hard" and recover."
Trump's replacement for the Obama Clean Power Plan would revive a once-settled legal battle over "New Source Review," a key part of the Clean Air Act that limits many pollutants not related to climate.
"A judge has ordered Michigan’s health director to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter over two deaths linked to legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, the highest-ranking official to face criminal charges as a result of the city’s tainted water scandal."
"Hurricane Lane churned slowly toward Hawaii late on Wednesday as schools, government offices and business closed and residents stocked up on supplies and boarded up homes."
"Dozens of bills and executive orders have been introduced in at least 31 states since January 2017 that aim to restrict high-profile protests that have ramped up as environmentalists focus on blocking fossil fuel projects."
Read FEJ-funded stories by grantees awarded a Lizzie Grossman Grant for Environmental Health Reporting during SEJ’s Summer 2018 Fund for Environmental Journalism. Photo: Elizabeth Grossman.
