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… must be focus of Puerto Rico fiscal plan … . … NAACP joins environmental groups in calling for EPA chief Scott Pruitt's ouster … Church crackdown intensifies in China's Henan province … An …
The cost of coal mining on trial in 'What Lies Upstream' documentary
… given to Pruitt's living situation in Washington, D.C., and pay raises for officials in the EPA, are miniscule compared to the environmental disaster ahead. They are distracting us from …
Trump drives the news cycle like a hurricane
… Protection Agency's Scott Pruitt, and read, "Scott Pruitt's defenses are crumbling." The EPA administrator has first class tastes that run afoul of the populist mantras coming from the …
Cardinal Ribat raises concerns with rising seas, deep-sea mining
… comment. … Raising awareness … The cardinal said he hoped his visit to Capitol Hill and EPA headquarters would raise awareness of what's happening in the South Pacific and amplify …
Prophets for the environment bring our experiences to the EPA
I left my Global Sisters Report desk on Feb. 21 for a morning of "democracy in action." I wondered at first if should I go. It didn't fit under my job description at GSR, but it certainly came under my job description as an American citizen, a member of the Sierra Club, and a resident of planet Earth. "It" addressed the Trump administration's proposal to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. The…
Morning Briefing
… Christians are divided along political lines. … How Industry Has Taken Over Scott Pruitt's EPA … Most of its "deregulatory" actions and planned initiatives match up with specific industry …
The tax overhaul isn't a victory and isn't a gift
… media outlets carried news of the GOP tax plan victory, they also carried this headline: " E.P.A. Delays Bans on Uses of Hazardous Chemicals ." Remember, the guys running things now don't …
In coal country, Catholics testify in favor of Clean Power Plan
… a conclusion recently reaffirmed by the fourth National Climate Assessment compiled by EPA and a dozen other federal agencies — and “have urged action on reduction of fossil fuel use.” … Covenant, whose 17 national partners include the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged EPA not to revoke the Clean Power Plan outright, saying “Its repeal, without a viable and … cannot afford.” The two days of hearing in West Virginia represented the only public session EPA scheduled for comments for its proposed Clean Power Plan repeal. The agency has left open the …
Trump's environmental rollbacks lack 'moral compass,' Catholics say
… greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. A Trump budget proposal sought to slash EPA funding by a third and its staff by 20 percent, while Administrator Scott Pruitt, who sued … we're going to have clear air," said the president, surrounded by coal miners March 28 at EPA headquarters as he signed a far-reaching executive order aimed at ending a series of … the Paris Agreement pullout "a terrible — and we hope reversible — mistake." McDermott cast EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan withdrawal as "deeply immoral and death dealing." In his …
Links for 10/26/17
… on climate change. This is insanity, and dangerous insanity. Those like Trump, his EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, and the Koch Brothers who fund climate change deniers, all will …