Emails shed light on Park Police scramble during crackdown
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Elizabeth Duan | November 6, 2020
“A collection of emails released today shows how the U.S. Park Police struggled to maintain its pace during its June crackdown on protesters at Lafayette Square. Altogether, the Park Police released 101 pages of emails in response to a request made under the Freedom of Information ...
Observers Fear Disruptions Amid Busy Post-Election Trump EPA Agenda
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Elizabeth Duan | November 5, 2020
“The Trump EPA’s agenda is expected to be crowded in the coming months as officials aim to lock in deregulatory approaches amid a possible transition to a Biden administration, with some observers also expressing concern that the president’s recent civil-service executive order ...
EPA chief of staff hit campaign trail for Trump
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Elizabeth Duan |
“EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara has been tweeting allegations about Democrats stealing votes this week from Pennsylvania, a pivotal battleground state that’s still counting ballots. Gunasekara was a senior EPA air official who resigned in 2019 before returning this year as ...
Group calls for probe of Sakonnet Harbor ‘sewage dumping’
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Elizabeth Duan | November 3, 2020
“An environmental action group is calling on the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “intervene” in citizen allegations of sewage pollution in Sakonnet Harbor. “One of Rhode Island’s picturesque waterfronts appears to have a chronic sewage problem requiring immediate ...
Group alleges sewage discharges into Sakonnet Harbor
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Elizabeth Duan |
“An environmental group has filed a complaint with the federal Environmental Protection Agency claiming that sewage is being regularly discharged into Sakonnet Harbor, the site of the high-end Sakonnet Point Club. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says it filed the ...