February 14, 2017
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, Senator Susan Collins (ME) announced her decision to oppose Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator.
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February 14, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump’s radically unfit nominee to run the Department of Labor is reportedly withdrawing from consideration after it became clear he could not be confirmed by the Senate.
February 12, 2017
Boston, MA – A rally is being held tomorrow, Valentine’s Day, at 8 a.m. outside the Region One Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office in downtown Boston (5 Post Office Square) to show support for EPA employees charged with protecting human health and the environment, including the air, water, and land.
February 6, 2017
Today, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to issue a stay of the US Environmental Protection Agency's final "regional haze" plan for Arkansas. This action threatens the implementation of a clean air protection that was years in the making and risks slowing progress on cleaning up the air in important Arkansas parks and wilderness areas.
February 6, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Congressional Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, has introduced a bill in the House that would terminate the EPA by the end of 2018.
January 26, 2017
This week, Myron Ebell, the former head of President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team, said he expects the agency to see significant cuts in its budget and workforce-- by up to at least half to begin with.
September 7, 2017
Late yesterday, President Trump announced his nomination of Bill Wehrum, a lobbyist and former George W. Bush-era EPA official, to lead the EPA's air and radiation office. Wehrum was nominated for this position once before, in 2006, and rejected by the Senate.
September 7, 2017
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation along the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Irma’s havoc in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and pending threats in Florida, Scott Pruitt has eliminated the EPA’s climate adaptation office, according to a spokesperson and as reported by Politico Pro.