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EPA PUTS TRUMP POLITICAL AIDE IN CHARGE OF GRANT FUNDING DECISIONS

From: The Hill

“A former Trump campaign aide has been charged with decisions on grant funding at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Washington Post reported."

HUNDREDS OF EPA WORKERS LEAVE IN RECENT DAYS

From: The Wall Street Journal

“Mr. Pruitt hasn’t laid out any plan for how to reshape the agency or its priorities, making it more difficult to improve its performance with fewer resources,…

CRIMINAL POLLUTION CASES ARE DWINDLING AT THE EPA

From: Truthout Buzzflash

“To make matters worse, PEER just announced that Sally Bodine -- a protégé of both Pruitt and Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe (a notorious climate change denier)…

PRUITT DELAYED EMERGENCY RULES FOR CHEMICAL PLANTS WEEKS BEFORE TOXIC FIRES ERUPTED IN HOUSTON

From: Truthout

“Jeff Ruch, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, points out that President Trump revoked a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard put in place…

EPA HAS SLASHED ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION IN HALF

From: Government Executive

“EPA currently has 147 special agents in its Criminal Investigation Division, according to documents obtained through a federal records request by Public…


News Releases

EPA STACKS DECK ON POLLUTION PERMIT APPEALS

Washington, DC — Challenging a pollution discharge permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be much more challenging under a proposal the agency just unveiled, according…

EPA DECLINES TO AVERT MASS-CASUALTY REFINERY ACCIDENTS

Despite Near Misses, Agency Claims Ignorance on Hydrogen Fluoride Risks

NEW EPA APPOINTEE AWASH IN TOXIC RECUSALS

Regional Administrator for New England Carries Heavy Baggage from Dow

FOREVER CHEMICAL REQUIRES CRADLE-TO-GRAVE APPROACH

To Stem Exponential Spread All PFAS Chains Must Be Classified Hazardous

EPA FUMBLES ARTIFICIAL TURF SCIENCE

Agency Had No Scientific Basis for Downplaying Toxic Exposure Risks