WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney announced that he will be joining the lengthy list of those investigating Scott Pruitt’s illegal actions and abuse of taxpayer funds. This is the second White House investigation into Pruitt in the past ten days.
Washington, D.C.– Today, the Every Kid Outdoors Act passed out of the House Committee on Natural Resources as part of a larger legislative package on outdoor recreation. The Every Kid Outdoors Act would continue an existing program that ensures every student in U.S. schools has free access to national parks in their fourth grade year.
NEW YORK CITY - Forty national civil rights, labor, conservation and environmental organizations representing millions of members and supporters across the United States have taken out a series of full page ads Wednesday calling for the resignation or firing of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. On Monday, the Government Accountability Office reported that some of Pruitt’s behavior violates the law.
Mitch McConnell was asked during a Senate Republican Leadership press conference today to make clear whether he feels Scott Pruitt is fiscally responsible. Though he had not been asked whether Pruitt should be fired, McConnell’s very first response was that it’s the President’s decision who is on his team -- making clear that McConnell envisions the possibility of Pruitt departing over the many ethical and spending scandals engulfing him by the minute.
Today, Boulder County, the City of Boulder, and San Miguel County filed a lawsuit in Colorado state court to require oil companies Exxon and Suncor to help pay for the heavy costs incurred by these governments to respond to and prepare for the effects of climate change.
Las Vegas, NV-- Tomorrow, the Forest Service will host a hearing on their “Focused Management Plan for Lovell Canyon” focusing on important conservation questions like the landscape’s recreation opportunities, maintenance requirements and preservation for future generations.
Monday afternoon, public health and environmental advocates from across Illinois rallied outside Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) before offering public comments to the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB). Monday’s hearing was the third session where impacted communities have turned out in opposition to proposed changes in state air pollution rules. Up until now, those rules have protected the public against dangerous air pollution. Proposed changes would allow Dynegy-Vistra to keep cheap, dirty plants open while closing cleaner ones, nullifying the Rauner administration’s claim that the move is to “keep plants open” and save jobs. Dynegy has repeatedly pled poverty as a reason for these changes, yet, just this week, they closed on a merger worth $20 billion with Vistra, a Texas-based corporation.
Tonight is the last public hearing before Wyoming Commission votes on extreme trophy hunt.
Tonight is the last public hearing before Wyoming Commission votes on extreme trophy hunt.
Scott Pruitt’s ability to constantly embarrass Donald Trump will seemingly never end. Yesterday, news broke that Pruitt is no longer just violating a litany of ethical norms, but also federal law. This has led to not only Republican Congressman and Chair of the House Oversight Committee Trey Gowdy condemning him, but now Republican Senator and Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee John Barrasso criticizing Pruitt’s actions as well.