WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump instructed his administration to explore re-entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). After years of widespread public opposition to the toxic TPP, Donald Trump sought to take credit for its demise by withdrawing from the deal in January 2017. On multiple occasions, Trump has referred to the TPP as a “disaster” and a “horrible deal.”
Today, 20 environmental and community organizations delivered a letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam urging him to veto legislation approved by the state House that will significantly weaken protections relating to coal mining in Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy sent a letter to Scott Pruitt demanding Pruitt provide all information and documents the Committee requested in mid-February related to his wasteful spending and to further include information on his sweetheart housing deals with a fossil fuel lobbyist landlord.
Today, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) announced plans for the Southgate pipeline project that would extend the fracked gas pipeline into North Carolina.
Zinke's actions more questionable by the day.
We are days into the firestorm over Scott Pruitt’s corruption scandals, and he is only looking worse. His clumsy efforts to cover up his lies, deflect attention from his defiance of Donald Trump, and retaliate against his own staff for their efforts to try to protect taxpayers and maintain transparency keep creating humiliating headlines for him and the Trump Administration. The Republican support for Pruitt is eroding and the trouble Pruitt is in is deepening. According to E&E News, he is now the first EPA Administrator since Anne Gorsuch to face pressure to resign from both chambers of Congress. Everyone trying to keep up with his snowballing scandals deserves a drink. Well, this is the best we can do right now:
Today, Politico reported that, in an attempt to cover up one of his many scandals, Scott Pruitt retaliated against and punished the career EPA staffer who approved the report Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Tom Carper referenced to demand a congressional inquiry into his around the clock security detail. The report details that the threats Pruitt has received don’t justify the 24/7 security protection he currently makes taxpayers cover.
WHAT: A Sierra Club webinar featuring a panel of bilingual border issues experts to discuss strategies to build a unified environmental front to protect communities and wildlife on the border.
WHEN: Thursday, April 12, at 1 pm ET (12 CT)
Scott Pruitt’s hell week - and weekend - of embarrassing round the clock headlines of his ethics violations looks to be continuing this week as news breaks that he personally approved massive raises for two of his employees after previously denying doing so. In order to get ahead of the Inspector General after Pruitt’s botched Fox News interview aired, top EPA aides began looking for files that contradicted Pruitt’s statement that he did not know about the raises.
Conservation groups appeal border waiver decision.