As the Ohio House of Representatives prepares to vote tomorrow morning on a bill that would allow oil and gas waste, including fracking fluids, to be sold as a “commodity,” a newly released report reveals that this waste contains toxic levels of radioactive materials.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After keeping Americans in the dark on a number of deadly chemicals contaminating our water, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is now violently barring The Associated Press, CNN and E&E news from a national summit on harmful water contaminants.
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FLAGSTAFF, AZ-- Under the direction of Sec. Zinke, the Interior Department has included uranium and vanadium on a recently released list of 35 ‘critical minerals’ for national security. The list was meant to identify non-fuel minerals and is part of the Trump administration’s ongoing economic struggle with China over rare earth metals and resources.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Under the direction of Sec. Zinke, the Interior Department has included uranium and vanadium on a recently released list of 35 ‘critical minerals’ for national security. The list was meant to identify non-fuel minerals and is part of the Trump administration’s ongoing economic struggle with China.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Politico reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's top aide met with chemical industry representatives just after news broke about the agency suppressing a study on health effects of two common chemicals-- perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
San Francisco, CA -- Today, embattled EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced he is naming agricultural attorney Mike Stoker to head EPA’s Region 9. This region consists of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands.
Stoker is perhaps best known as the person who coined the phrase “lock her up.”
In response, Sierra Club Western Director for Beyond Coal Bill Corcoran released the following statement:
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted to ignore the catastrophic environmental effects of gas pipelines.
Today, Michigan’s two largest utilities, DTE and Consumers Energy, announced that they are committing to a 50 percent clean energy goal by 2030, including investments ensuring that 25 percent of the electricity they sell comes from renewable sources by that time, along with energy efficiency programs to reduce energy demand.
The House today failed to pass the 2018 farm bill, though Republicans are vowing to pick the highly partisan legislation up again next week under a motion to reconsider. The bill includes a host of troubling provisions, including weakening the SNAP anti-hunger program, and undermining bedrock environmental safeguards for clean water, wildlife and forests. More than a half dozen measures target millions of acres of pristine national forests for logging. There is also yet another attempt to repeal the Clean Water Rule, which provides certainty and protects waterways feeding the drinking water of 117 million people.