Suit to Restore Louisiana Black Bear Federal Protections

by Susan Sargent | June 28, 2018
Iconic “Teddy’s Bear” in Continued Jeopardy; Small Remnants Far from Recovery ...

Pruitt Acts to Yield Some EPA Power Over Mining

From: WBAL “In a memo released Wednesday by the EPA, Pruitt directs the agency to study renouncing part of its authority under the half-century-old Clean Water Act to veto permits that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or states grant to allow dumping waste into waterways. Pruitt&# ...

Meet the Government Chemist Who Spent 36 Months on Paid Leave Before He Was Fired

From: Government Executive “In terms of his profession, Daniel Horowitz has been a political prisoner these past three years but rather than being released he was executed,” said Ruch, arguing that Sutherland wasted several hundred thousand dollars of taxpayer funds by her fear of ...

Pruitt Acts to Yield Some EPA Power Over Mining, Development

by Susan Sargent | June 27, 2018
From: Sun Herald “Kyla Bennett, a former EPA official now with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit, said the proposal would weaken one of the few tools the agency has when it comes to limiting environmental harm from mining and other development around ...

EPA Requests More Time to Find Backing for Pruitt’s Claims

From: E&E News “EPA wants more time to comply with a court order requiring it to hand over scientific records backing Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claims about climate change. The agency yesterday filed a motion seeking to extend the court’s deadline by more than a ...
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