AP Exclusive: Evidence of spills at toxic site during floods
14, 2017, in Pasadena, Texas, where three tanks once used to store toxic waste were flooded during Hurricane Harvey. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has fou... .
Category Archives: Environment
Your Opinion: Who could have known? Climate scientists
Who could have known that one horrendous weather event after another would strike America and cause so much human tragedy and economic loss? Well, those who study the changing environment. They are called climate scientists, who for several decades have been warning that a warming planet causes the sea to rise in temperature.
Can resilience planning be disentangled from climate politics?
While discussion of climate change remains highly polarized, another topic is getting not just traction, but meaningful action across the political spectrum: resilience planning. Vice President Mike Pence answers a reporter's question on Sept.
Nearly 50 Percent Of The EPA’s Entire Workforce Are Eligible To Retire Within Next Five Years
Half of the Environmental Protection Agency's entire workforce can retire with full benefits within the next five years, according to a review of documents The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained Wednesday. Nearly 25 percent of the agency's current workforce can retire today with full benefits, while another 25 percent can retire in the next five years with full benefits, according to the documents, which were part of a wider trove of material released to Reuters and TheDCNF.
Trump order undermines rebuilding better for future floods
In this file photo, Interstate 69 is covered by floodwaters from Harvey, in Humble, Texas. Just two weeks ago, President Donald Trump rolled back an order by his predecessor that would have made it easier for storm-ravaged communities to use federal emergency aid to rebuild bridges, roads and other construction so they can better withstand future disasters.
The climate truth we can no longer ignore
Residents clear debris in the city of Tacloban, devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, in the Philippines in November 2013. It was reportedly the deadliest storm in recorded history.a Just two or three decades ago, scientists were talking about the consequences of climate change manifesting in 50-100 years.
Murphy to visit Greenwich Point to talk Long Island Sound outlook
Murphy is scheduled to appear at 11:15 a.m. at the Bruce Museum Seaside Center at Greenwich Point along with local officials, advocates and new Soundkeeper Bruce Lucey to talk about how the Sound would be affected by President Donald Trump's plan to cut 30 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's budget. "We had a big win for Long Island Sound in the budget last year when we doubled the LIS Geographic Program funding," Laura Maloney, press secretary for the senator, said on Wednesday.
Trump signs order to speed infrastructure construction
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has signed a new executive order intended to make more efficient the federal permitting process for construction of transportation, water and other infrastructure projects without harming the environment.
Al Gore on ‘Inconvenient Sequel,’ Trump, and the environment
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Al Gore in "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Al Gore in "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power."
States join fight over EPA chief’s decision not to ban pesticide …
Several states are seeking to join a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a widely used pesticide on the market despite studies showing it can harm children's brains. Led by New York, the coalition filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in a legal fight over the continued spraying of chlorpyrifos on food.
Appeals court orders EPA to proceed with emissions rule
A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of a new rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision Monday, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the Obama-era requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas operations.
A Court Has Blocked the EPA’s Effort to Delay an Obama-era Rule on Reducing Emissions
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Monday that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of an Obama administration rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the new requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas operations.
DC appeals court orders EPA to move ahead with methane rule
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Monday that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of a new rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the Obama-era requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas operations.
Trump Administration Moves to Withdraw Clean-water Rule
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Trump Administration Rescinds WOTUS Rule
Earlier this week, the Trump administration added another Obama-era regulation to its list of policy rollbacks. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposal to strike the 2015 "Waters of the United States" regulation, which had expanded the number of U.S. waterways subject to federal review for pollution control purposes.
You’ve Named Trump’s Worst
With a near tie for second place between Scott Pruitt of the Environmental Protection Agency and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "It's hard to be worse than Sessions or Pruitt.
Pro&Con: Trump’s shortsighted, ill-informed decision is one we’ll all regret
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement on climate change even though his own administration was deeply divided on the decision. Trump had promised during the campaign to “cancel” the agreement, in part because he and the Republican Party so strongly oppose the climate change policies President Barack Obama put in place.
Just In: Trump’s EPA Quietly Pushes Back Biz-Crushing Obama-Era Rule
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the Trump administration are quietly delaying the implementation of a major Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rule from the Obama administration. Governors were notified this week of the delay of an ozone pollution rule.
Another Trump environmental outrage that was under the radar | Editorial
Even before he pulled the plug on the Paris Climate accord, there was an equally chilling assault on science waged by President Trump. It was orchestrated by Scott Pruitt, the director of the Environmental Protection Agency who recently decided that the agency responsible for protecting the environment and human health should be recast as a steward for the fossil fuel and chemical industries.
Steve Chapman: Trump forgets the past and blights the future
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." Donald Trump's chief argument for withdrawing from the Paris climate accord is that it would destroy jobs, stifle growth, cause electricity blackouts and raise energy prices to ruinous levels.