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… big investments and changing habits … File this under "Undermining" and "Dismantling": … E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists … McCain hits Trump where it hurts, …
Neighborhood fears renewed oil drilling at site leased from LA Archdiocese
… the facility, as well as the city of Los Angeles and the fire department, Drysdale said. The EPA said it has not received certification from AllenCo that it has completed all facility safety … The residents filed hundreds of complaints to different regulatory agencies, including the EPA. During an October 2013 visit to the AllenCo facility, EPA inspectors, including the regional … operations while EPA conducted its investigation, which the company voluntarily did. During EPA's four-month investigation, the health issues in question disappeared among residents, the …
EPA proposes full repeal of Obama-era Clean Power Plan
… power plants. The order proposing withdrawal of the Clean Power Plan was signed Oct. 10 by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. As attorney general of Oklahoma, Pruitt had joined 26 fellow … proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan bases that recommendation on a determination that the EPA under President Barack Obama exceeded its regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act by … for future generations." The Franciscan Action Network said it was "outraged" by the EPA's proposal but not surprised. It called the Trump's administration "hostile to the …
Morning Briefing, International
… amid mounting challenges Trump administration dramatically scales back refugee admissions EPA's Pruitt took charter, military flights that cost taxpayers more than $58,000 Tom Price's …
Cabinet members get together for weekly Bible study
… as well as Vice President Mike Pence, House and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. "Mike Pence has respect for the office," Drollinger said. "He …
The clergy's task is unfinished in confronting sex abuse
… penitential Mass for the sins of pedophilia at a Catholic church in Krakow in June 2014. (CNS/EPA/Stanislaw Rozpedzik) The U.S. bishops' big Dallas meeting in 2002 resulted in a charter for …
Carbon tax revisited
… at about 30 times the rate carbon dioxide does. This is not a priority for the Trump EPA. In fact, as attorney general of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt had a history of fighting oil and gas regulations from the EPA, which he now heads. Congress is unlikely to legislate perfectly when it comes to a carbon …
America's George III moment: What to do when the sovereign is mad?
… Nixon's leadership in going to China or negotiating with the Soviets or creating the EPA because of his nefarious behavior in the Watergate cover-up: There was no spillover. Today, …
Re-reading Laudato Si' ahead of the Trump-Francis visit
… will also create more jobs in infrastructure, trucking and manufacturing. This will allow the EPA to focus on its primary mission of protecting our air and protecting our water. Together, we …
Trump to visit Francis at the Vatican May 24 after trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia
… Home," that partly focused on the need to confront climate change. Trump has appointed an EPA administrator who questions the wide scientific consensus about climate change, and he signed …