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Bill Nelson, Rick Scott point fingers at each other about Florida’s environmental woes

by PEER | August 20, 2018
From: Florida Today “According to Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection opened some 1,600 investigations into potential environmental violations in 2010, the year Scott was elected to office. By 2017, that ...

America Losing the War for Clean Water

by PEER | August 17, 2018
More Than Half of U.S. Rivers and Two-Thirds of Lakes and Reservoirs Impaired ...

Young: Is This the Moment of Truth For Trump’s EPA? No Way

by PEER |
From: My Stateman “A group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has sued under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the evidence that Pruitt used to support his claim that human activity is “not a primary” contributor to global warming. Yes, Team Trump. ...

Trump Keeps Trying to Kill Agency That Investigates Chemical Plant Disasters

by PEER |
From: Reveal News “The Trump administration argues that the Chemical Safety Board duplicates the work of other federal agencies. Administration budget documents also cite unspecified complaints from industry and other federal agencies about the board’s recommendations for new ...