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EPA Chief Loses a Round in Court on Release of Climate Change Studies

by PEER | June 4, 2018
From: Government Executive “A federal judge on Friday scolded Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for failing to respond to a nonprofit’s Freedom of Information Act request for climate change studies Pruitt claimed bolstered his skeptical views.” Read ...

Pruitt Ordered to Show Alternate Climate Facts

by PEER |
From: Washington Examiner “The court order was in response to a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group’s FOIA request that initiated the suit was based on Pruitt’s March 9, 2017, interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” where Pruitt stated, “ ...

Hunters Point Shipyard Soil Scandal Widens as Analysis Spots Suspect Parcels

by PEER |
From: San Francisco Chronicle “Land deemed free of harmful radioactivity and safe for the city to occupy has now come under question as the scandal over the purported cleanup of San Francisco’s biggest redevelopment site continues to grow. On four portions of the former Hunters ...

Judge Brings EPA to Fore on Climate Change Position

by PEER |
From: Courthouse News “The environmental nonprofit sought the records because Pruitt’s statement directly contradicts the EPA’s own conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is the primary human activity driving climate change. But more than a year later, the EPA has still not ...

SF-Owned Hunters Point Parcels Soil Testing Falsified

by PEER |
EPA Finds 93% of Soil Samples Unreliable on Parcels Transferred to City in 2015 ...