Tag: environmental groups
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
“The EPA has had nearly 14 years to publish a legally sufficient response to the 2007 Petition.”
Environmental groups fight back against Alberta’s ‘anti-energy’ inquiry
“A majority sees the writing on the wall with climate change and know they have to transition.”
Environmental groups oppose Shell request to increase air pollution limits for...
“[Particulate matter] is responsible for more deaths and sickness than any other air pollutant in the world.”
Tribes and environmental groups sue Trump administration to preserve clean water...
The administration’s latest attempt to undermine the Clean Water Act would jeopardize tribal and state rights to protect their water quality
Environmental groups sue Trump admin to stop LNG trains
The potential consequences of an accident involving a train carrying LNG could be far greater than the already catastrophic and deadly accidents that have resulted from the rail industry moving large amounts of volatile crude oil and ethanol in recent years.
‘No other president has had the gall’: Environmental groups balk as...
"Nothing compares to what Donald Trump is doing."
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.