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EPA to ease back emissions standards
Environmental regulators announced on Monday they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Obama was not appropriate and set standards "too high." The Environmental Protection Agency said it completed a review that will affect vehicles for model years 2022-2025.
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Swampy McSwampface: EPA Chief Ruining Environment Living in Polluter Lobbyist Condo
As key figures of the Trump administration face mounting concerns about conflicts of interest, a growing number of critics are calling for the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt after ABC News revealed that last year he rented a D.C. condo owned by the wife of a top energy lobbyist, in what some are describing as "a sweetheart deal." "This deal stinks like the swamp Scott Pruitt is mired in.
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Why I left Fox News You could measure the decline of Fox News by the drop in the quality of guests waiting in the green room. A year and a half ago, you might have heard George Will discussing policy with a senator while a former Cabinet member listened in.
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EPA chief stayed in condo tied to lobbyist
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency paid just $50 a night to stay in a Capitol Hill condominium linked to a prominent Washington lobbyist whose firm represents fossil fuel companies, officials acknowledged Friday. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt paid for a single bedroom in the building about a block from the U.S. Capitol, staying for about six months in 2017.
EPA’s Pruitt lived in DC condo connected to energy lobbyist
Sen. John Barrasso, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Sen. Mike Enzi talk to the press after a tour of the Black Thunder Coal Mine outside of Wright, Wyo., Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018. less Sen. John Barrasso, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Sen. Mike Enzi talk to the press after a tour of the Black Thunder Coal Mine outside of Wright, Wyo., Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018.
EPA’s Pruitt lived in DC condo connected to energy lobbyist Source: AP
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NYT: EPA expected to roll back fuel economy rules for cars
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed documents to Congress that show new travel expenses from agency administrator Scott Pruitt, totaling some $68,000 in hotel stays and air travel, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency has handed documents to Congress that show new travel expenses from agency administrator Scott Pruitt, totaling some $68,000 in hotel stays and air travel, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Trump officials prepare to undo fuel-efficiency targets despite some automakers’ misgivings
Top Trump administration officials are engaged in a heated debate over how to undo federal fuel-efficiency targets for cars and light trucks, as manufacturers voice concern that a major rollback of an Obama-era rule could go too far and fracture the nation's auto market. The internal negotiations over relaxing carbon-emission limits for cars and SUVs slated to be sold in model years 2022-2025 underscore the challenge officials face in trying to fulfill President Trump's 2017 promise to ease the regulatory burden on Detroit.
California is main stage for Trump’s auto emissions standard rollback battle
California is on the front lines of President Donald Trump's efforts to rollback car and light truck emissions standards as a battle brews between the administration and state officials. Trump's presidency has made for an interesting dynamic in California where state officials are taking action to drastically reduce air pollution in order to protect the health of its residents and fight climate change.
Air of Uncertainty: DOJ involved in controversial plant emitting ‘likely carcinogen’
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality documents and sources have revealed the Federal Justice Department is involved in an ongoing issue concerning the Denka manufacturing plant in Laplace. The Environmental Protection Agency classifies chloroprene as likely carcinogen and says the chloroprene emissions coming from the Denka Performance Elastomer facility put people who live and work nearby at the highest risk of developing cancer in the nation.
Kaptur statement on State of Ohio declaring Lake Erie impaired
Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, today issued the following statement after news that the State of Ohio will declare the open waters of Lake Erie impaired. 'I welcome this long overdue decision by the state of Ohio.
NC, Asheville to receive air quality upgrades
The N.C. DEQ will hold public meetings starting Monday in Asheville on the proposed plan to use a $92 million air quality settlement with VW. NC, Asheville air quality to get a boost from Volkswagen scandal settlement The N.C. DEQ will hold public meetings starting Monday in Asheville on the proposed plan to use a $92 million air quality settlement with VW.
What swamp? Lobbyists get ethics waivers to work for Trump
President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help regulate the very industries from which they previously collected paychecks, despite promising as a candidate to drain the swamp in Washington. A week after his January 2017 inauguration, Trump signed an executive order that bars former lobbyists, lawyers and others from participating in any matter they lobbied or otherwise worked on for private clients within two years before going to work for the government.
Dems: Did EPA security staffer steer contract to associate? Source: AP
Senate Democrats are pressing Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on whether a key member of his taxpayer-funded security team improperly steered a government contract to a personal business associate. The Associated Press reported in December that EPA paid $3,000 to Edwin Steinmetz Associates to have Pruitt's office swept for hidden listening devices.
EPA appointee gets approval to consult for outside clients
A key aide to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has been granted permission to make extra money moonlighting for private clients whose identities are being kept secret. A letter approving outside employment contracts for John Konkus - signed by an EPA ethics lawyer in August - was released Monday by Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge to improve work of nutrient sensors and analyzers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with four federal partners launched the next phase of a technology-accelerating water quality challenge calling for demonstrated use of nutrient pollution sensors. Nutrient pollution is a widespread water quality challenge in the United States and is caused by excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the water.