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From: Lexology “The case offers several key takeaways that could shape future FOIA requests directed to EPA and the agency’s responses thereto. First, the D.C. District Court made it clear that EPA can be called upon to produce documents supporting or relied on to formulate public ...

From: UPI “Dead marine life, including fish and sea turtles, washing ashore represents one of many problems facing Floridians as a red tide worsens along the state’s southwest coast. Scientists say the phenomenon that began a few months ago is not going away anytime soon, leaving ...

From: The Hill “Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt failed to back his reasoning with science when he made a claim last year that humans are not the central cause of climate change, according to internal documents. Pruitt, who appeared on CNBC’s “ ...

From: E&E News “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has fought EPA in court for more than a year to produce scientific evidence for Pruitt’s claims, which he made on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Earlier this month, EPA appeared to acknowledge that it did ...

From: Missoula Current “On Friday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Gregory Sheehan sent an internal memo saying he was reversing a 2014 Obama administration memorandum that phased out wildlife refuges’ use of genetically modified crops and associated pesticides ...

From: Tampa Bay Times “Over the last decade, as the state fought federal efforts to protect water, shrunk its own environmental and water-management agencies, and cut funding to an algae task force, monitoring for water quality has plummeted. While one crisis after another hit Florida, ...