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700+ EMPLOYEES HAVE LEFT THE EPA UNDER TRUMP: LOSS OF SCIENTISTS, STAFFERS UNDERMINES AGENCY'S PURPOSE

From: Eco Watch

““There has been a drop of employees of 770 between April and December. While several hundred of those are buyouts, the rest of those are either people that are retiring…

RACHEL MADDOW RIPS DISGRACED OKLAHOMA BANKER WHO 'IMMACULATELY CONCEIVED' REPORT ON TOXICALLY POLLUTED SUPERFUND SITES

From: Raw Story

““The EPA did not respond with any materials,” Maddow said. “PEER sued and this week, almost six months later, they did not get the documents they were looking for but…

PRUITT DRIVES OUT EPA STAFF, HIRES BUDDY

From: MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show

“Rachel Maddow reports on the disgraced former banker Albert Kelly, Scott Pruitt's friend who he put in charge of an EPA superfund cleanup task force…

EPA: HOUSE REPUBLICANS QUERY PRUITT ABOUT SUPERFUND LIST

From: Greenwire

“EPA's Superfund Task Force, which helped create the list, kept no internal records of its activities, according to the agency's response to Freedom Of Information Act…

EPA SAYS SUPERFUND TASK FORCE LEFT BEHIND LITTLE PAPER TRAIL

From: The Tribune

“The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, known as PEER, quickly filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking a long list of documents…


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