Scott Pruitt Has Until July 11 to Explain His Climate Skepticism, Judge Rules
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Susan Sargent | June 6, 2018
From: Motherboard “After Pruitt ignored an FOIA request for studies supporting his view that humans are not the primary contributor to climate change, environmental advocates turned to the courts.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
Court Slams Pruitt’s Claim On CO2 Link To Warming, Orders Data Release
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Susan Sargent |
From: Inside EPA “A federal district court judge is rejecting EPA’s refusal to provide documents showing the basis of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim that human-released carbon dioxide is not the “primary contributor” to climate change, and is instead ordering the ...
Judge Orders EPA to Disclose any Science Backing up Pruitt’s Climate Claims
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Susan Sargent |
From: Ars Technica “Since Pruitt’s words contradicted scientific evidence shared by the EPA before the administrator took office, PEER’s request might turn up some recent document that indicated Pruitt had new information. Instead, the EPA stalled and refused to provide any ...
Judge Orders EPA to Produce Science behind Pruitt’s Warming Claims
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Susan Sargent |
From: Scientific American “A court case may compel him to produce research that attempts to contradict the mountain of peer-reviewed studies collected by the world’s top science agencies over decades that show humans are warming the planet at an unprecedented pace through the ...
EPA Ordered to Produce Records Backing Pruitt Claims
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Susan Sargent | June 4, 2018
From: E&E News “Although more than one year has elapsed since the plaintiffs submitted the FOIA request, EPA has conducted no search for any responsive records, not produced any records to the plaintiff,” Howell wrote.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
EPA Chief Loses a Round in Court on Release of Climate Change Studies
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Susan Sargent |
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 ...
