Pruitt Ordered to Show Alternate Climate Facts
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Susan Sargent | June 4, 2018
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
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Susan Sargent |
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
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Susan Sargent |
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 ...
Workers Ask EPA To Enforce St. Johns River Discharge Limits
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Susan Sargent | May 31, 2018
From: Law360 “A group representing public environmental workers asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to enforce wastewater discharge permit limits for the St. Johns River in northeast Florida, saying the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s “chronic ...
Die-off of Freshwater Turtles Prompts Florida Wildlife Agency to Investigate
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Susan Sargent |
From: Tampa Bay Times “Freshwater turtles began turning up dead along the St. Johns River in January. Now about 100 dead or dying turtles have been found in water bodies in Orange, Seminole and Putnam counties.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
Watchdog Targets Pruitt’s Legal Defense Fund
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Susan Sargent |
From: E&E News “Given that this high-level official is directly soliciting funds for his purported personal benefit, Mr. Pruitt needs to do far more than he is currently doing to avoid giving the inevitable appearance that official integrity and impartiality may be at risk,” ...