Pruitt Proposes Weakening EPA’s Power Over Water Polluters
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Susan Sargent | June 28, 2018
From: Eco-Watch “In a memo dated June 26 but released June 27, Pruitt asked the EPA’s Office of Water and Regional Administrators to draft a proposal that would restrict the agency’s ability to revoke permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) allowing ...
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit to Protect La. Black Bear
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Susan Sargent |
From: WBRZ “Multiple organizations have filed a lawsuit in an effort to protect the Louisiana black bear. According to a release, the lawsuit was filed Thursday by a coalition of conservation groups led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility with co-counsel Atchafalaya ...
Internal Watchdog Just Dinged the Park Service Director for “Inappropriate” Workplace Conduct
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Susan Sargent |
From: Mother Jones “The Interior Department’s internal watchdog released a report Thursday describing an inappropriate gesture made by the National Park Service director in department headquarters. While Paul Daniel Smith is unlikely to be punished over the incident, the case ...
Pruitt Acts to Yield Some EPA Power Over Mining
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Susan Sargent |
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
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Susan Sargent |
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
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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 ...
