The Guardian

The consequences for the attacks on the EPA and other agencies are “all connected”, said the former EPA official Kyla Bennett, now with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit. “By cutting the Clean Water Act and wetland protection, flooding is going to be ...

“The amount of tourist dollars from people seeking to view these predators in the wild dwarfs any incremental increase in hunting fee revenue the state hopes to realize,” said Peer executive director Tim Whitehouse. Read the PEER Story… ...

Numerous studies have raised the concern that waste exports could create a “race to the bottom” in which pollution ends up going to the places with the least environmental oversight. “The waste trade works like any other … They find the cheapest place to bring it,” said Tim ...

Despite the toxic emissions, incinerators often position themselves as “green” businesses to receive subsidies for producing energy. The new reporting requirements “will help disprove the claims”, said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the public health advocacy group Peer, and ...

The Republicans promptly moving to shred the integrity policies – which critics say were weak to begin with – demonstrates how party officials are “bending over backwards” to assist Trump in attacking career servants, said Jeff Ruch, a former EPA official now with the Public ...