9th Circuit Court Eviscerates EPA Over Pesticide Approval
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a stinging rebuke to the EPA this week, ruling its policy on dicamba herbicides was deeply flawed.
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Trump’s EPA Takes Away State & Tribal Rights To Protect Their Own Water
Isn’t this exactly the opposite of what the EPA was formed to protect? Issues of poverty, environmental inequality, and social injustice are other pieces of the power and control that has the streets filled with passionate advocates for peace.
States Sue EPA Over Emissions Rollback As 9th Circuit Refuses To Allow Oil Companies To…
California and several other states have sued to block new exhaust emissions rules while the 9th Circuit has ruled that suits against fossil fuel companies should be heard in state courts.
Big Auto Begging To Pollute More — Electric Cars Too Clean 😪
While the administration just finalized its reduction in vehicle efficiency from 5 percent per year to no better than a measly 1.5 percent per year (despite their own evidence showing how bad it is for the country), that hasn’t stopped the auto industry from seeking even further reductions.
Scientists Discovered Trichloroethylene Causes Fetal Heart Defects, & Trump White House Overrode The Findings
When Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientists concluded that the chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) causes fetal heart defects, even at low doses, officials at the White House overrode their conclusions — an egregious example of political interference in science, and a violation of the EPA’s scientific integrity policy. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) submitted a formal complaint to the EPA, urging the agency’s scientific integrity office to investigate.
Facing A Health Crisis, Cities Implore Courts To Limit Pollution
Local leaders weigh in on a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from weakening regulations on power plants.
Pandemic Masks Further US Environmental Deregulation By Trump Administration
Trump rules continue to dismantle environmental protections and favor corporate polluters.
Elon Musk: “400-Mile Or Greater Range With The Tesla Model S”
Elon Musk stated in the earnings call last night that he was confident that the Tesla Model S would soon have a 400-mile or greater range rating from the EPA — that this has already achieved and just needs confirmation from the EPA.
We Need Cleaner Cars To Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
The Trump administration seems not to care that we are headed toward climate catastrophe with carbon dioxide pollution driving global average temperatures up some 6 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and rendering places that hundreds of millions of people call home virtually unlivable. This monumental disregard for human health and well-being underpins the administration’s senseless rollback of clean car and fuel economy standards, being published today in the Federal Register.
The EPA’s Dirty Water: New Rule Discards Science, Ignores Importance of Wetlands & Tributaries
Water, water everywhere and hardly a drop is being protected by the Trump administration. In its latest act of abdication, the Environmental Protection Agency published its Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register on April 21. The rule is scheduled to go into effect June 22, completing the elimination of the Obama administration’s Waters of the US Rule.
