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Disgraced Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA, but his replacement could be just as bad for the environment
On Thursday, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt resigned from his position. Pruitt has faced multiple ethics scandals and sparked public outcries for his decisions to roll back protections.
And then there were two: U.S. and Syria are the last Paris climate agreement holdouts
The United States and war-torn Syria are the only countries outside of the Paris Agreement, an international agreement to attack climate change and its effects in a global community facing intensified natural disasters and environmental injustice. On Monday, Nicaraguan Vice President and first lady Rosario Murillo announced that the Latin nation will join the agreement. Reuters […]
EPA administrator announces intent to change Clean Power Plan policy
The Trump administration’s special focus on backspacing President Barack Obama’s legacy continued this week when the Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt drilled into Hazard, Kentucky listeners on Monday, a vision where the “war on coal is over.” By Tuesday, Pruitt signed a rule that would signal a shift from aspirational Obama-era policy in the […]
Trump’s Administration Sets Sights On Environmental Justice Program Cuts
Last week, the founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mustafa Ali, resigned amid pending cuts to the office. Ali resigned because he believes his values are different than those of the current administration.