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Donald Trump’s Claim About Flushing Toilet 10 Times Was Met With Ridicule By EPA Officials, Emails Reveal

Donald Trump’s Claim About Flushing Toilet 10 Times Was Met With Ridicule By EPA Officials, Emails Reveal

When Donald Trump claimed in December that due to supposedly excessive government regulations, toilets now required 10 or even 15 flushings per use just to clear the toilet bowl, officials inside the Environmental Protection Agency in charge of water conservation programs reacted with disbelief and ridicule, according to a set of internal emails released on […]

4y ago

The Environmental Protection Agency Rescinds Clean Water Act Protections For Streams & Wetlands

The Environmental Protection Agency Rescinds Clean Water Act Protections For Streams & Wetlands

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it would be rolling back some federal water protections. The changes will affect environmental protections of various streams, wetlands, and ground waterways. The Trump administration has repealed former President Barack Obama’s Waters of the United States rule, which tightened regulations of water resource management under a provision […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Slashes Hundreds Of Expert Science Panels

Donald Trump Slashes Hundreds Of Expert Science Panels

On Friday, Donald Trump issued an executive order that slashes about 1,000 scientific advisory committees by a third. According to Buzzfeed News, the White House wants to cut the panels that provide government guidance on everything from pollution and nuclear waste disposal to the safety of products sold to Americans. “Each agency shall, by September […]

5y ago

Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Confirmed As New EPA Administrator

Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Confirmed As New EPA Administrator

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is there to safeguard the environment of the United States, putting in place regulations that should become more environmentally friendly in order to preserve nature as well as protect against things like climate change that are drastically affecting not only the planet, but the life on it as well. Of […]

5y ago

After Sessions & Kelly, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is Set To Leave Trump Administration

After Sessions & Kelly, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is Set To Leave Trump Administration

It’s only been a few days since Donald Trump announced that his chief of staff, John Kelly, is set to depart from the White House, yet the president finds himself taking to Twitter once again, this time to announce that Interior Secretary will leave the administration at the end of this year. “Secretary of the […]

6y ago

EPA Fails To Justify Scott Pruitt’s 24/7 Security: Watchdog

EPA Fails To Justify Scott Pruitt’s 24/7 Security: Watchdog

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s watchdog has said that former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s 24-hour security detail was not justified and was more than twice as expensive as that of his predecessor. The Inspector General’s report, released on Tuesday, said that EPA failed to properly assess Pruitt’s security threats before it spent $3.5 million for […]

6y ago

President Trump May Win His Long Crusade Against Banning Asbestos

President Trump May Win His Long Crusade Against Banning Asbestos

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, it’s possible that asbestos could soon find its way back into building materials in the United States due to new EPA guidelines. This follows on the heels of the agency’s decision to no longer factor any asbestos impacts and health risks from existing usage into their future evaluations of […]

6y ago

Fukushima Radiation ‘Signature’ Found In California Wine, According To Study

Fukushima Radiation ‘Signature’ Found In California Wine, According To Study

A new study shows that there is a Fukushima radiation “signature,” or “imprint,” found in California wine produced after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, detailed MIT Technology Review. The study was conducted by French pharmacologist Philippe Hubert. Hubert discovered that he could accurately date wines without opening the wine bottles by checking for cesium-137. […]

6y ago

EPA Admin Scott Pruitt Requested Trump Replace Jeff Sessions With Him

EPA Admin Scott Pruitt Requested Trump Replace Jeff Sessions With Him

porScott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spoke with the president and asked him to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and allow him to run the Department of Justice, according to CNN. Pruitt proposed that President Trump allow him to “temporarily” replace the attorney general under the Vacancies Reform Act, which gives the […]

6y ago

Scott Pruitt Is The Latest Trump Administration Official To Be Confronted By Protester At A Restaurant

Scott Pruitt Is The Latest Trump Administration Official To Be Confronted By Protester At A Restaurant

Scott Pruitt, Trump’s appointee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is the latest Trump official to be confronted by protesters on their own time, The Washingtonian is reporting. Kristin Mink was at Teaism, a Japanese restaurant in the Washington area, on Monday afternoon when she noticed Pruitt “three tables away.” She tells the newspaper […]

6y ago

California Cancer Patient Takes On Monsanto In Court, Claiming That The Pesticide Roundup Made Him Ill

California Cancer Patient Takes On Monsanto In Court, Claiming That The Pesticide Roundup Made Him Ill

Dewayne Johnson is terminally ill. The 46-year-old pest control manager for a northern California school district says that using the pesticide Roundup as many as 30 times per year exposed him to cancer-causing chemicals. He is suing agrochemical giant Monsanto and will be the first to go to trial. According to CNN, his doctors say […]

6y ago

Laura Ingraham Offers Donald Trump Some Advice: Dump Scott Pruitt

Laura Ingraham Offers Donald Trump Some Advice: Dump Scott Pruitt

Laura Ingraham is a star on the cable channel that Donald Trump just can’t seem to get enough of, so she almost serves as an unofficial adviser to the president. But will he heed her advice to show the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the door? As reported by The Hill, Fox News […]

6y ago

Scott Pruitt Asked EPA Aide To Track Down & Obtain Used Trump Hotel Mattress

Scott Pruitt Asked EPA Aide To Track Down & Obtain Used Trump Hotel Mattress

It’s an embarrassing moment for the Environmental Protection Agency, as the odd news spreads that Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly asked an aide to find and buy a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel. More specifically, Pruitt was looking for a “Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro Pillow Top” mattress, reported the Washington Post. Richard Painter, […]

6y ago

Reporter Physically Removed From EPA Water Pollution Hearing

Reporter Physically Removed From EPA Water Pollution Hearing

Reporters from at least three different news organizations were reportedly kept out of a public hearing Tuesday dealing with cancer-causing chemicals at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. According to the Boston Globe, reporters from the Associated Press, CNN, and E&E News were told that there was not enough room in at a hearing […]

6y ago

Sen. Markey Asks Scott Pruitt To Reveal Lobbyist Details

Sen. Markey Asks Scott Pruitt To Reveal Lobbyist Details

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is under scrutiny for abusing his office and misusing the taxpayer money. Ethics watchdogs, federal auditors, and congressional committees are looking into his activities and financial dealings at the agency. Several news reports claim that Pruitt’s foreign trips were planned with significant help from outside interests, including lobbyists, Republican […]

6y ago

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Loses A Top Aide Amid Multiple Ethics Investigations

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Loses A Top Aide Amid Multiple Ethics Investigations

Albert Kelly, a top aide to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, has resigned amid ongoing ethics probes, the Washington Post reported today. Kelly spent most of his career as a banker in Oklahoma. His career in the banking industry is, however, not free from controversy. The Intercept published an extensive report about Mr. Kelly […]

6y ago

Scott Pruitt Says He Won’t Let Attacks On Him And EPA ‘Derail The President’s Agenda’

Scott Pruitt Says He Won’t Let Attacks On Him And EPA ‘Derail The President’s Agenda’

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing tough questions from Congress this week as he has two appearances on the Hill on his schedule. First up for Pruitt was a session with the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Thursday morning and despite numerous controversies swirling around him, the EPA head defended his decisions and […]

6y ago

EPA’s New Regulations Could Limit Some Studies Its Policies Are Based On

EPA’s New Regulations Could Limit Some Studies Its Policies Are Based On

As reported by the New York Times, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced a new EPA regulation on Tuesday. Many scientists contend that the new EPA regulation will forever deteriorate the agency’s ability to protect public health. Under the new rule, the EPA will only allow scientific studies to be used […]

6y ago

EPA Chief Pruitt Reversed Push To Ban Pesticide That Causes Brain Damage In Kids After Meeting With Dow CEO

EPA Chief Pruitt Reversed Push To Ban Pesticide That Causes Brain Damage In Kids After Meeting With Dow CEO

Chlorpyrifos is a widely used pesticide that studies have shown can have a harmful impact on the brain development of infants and fetuses. EPA boss Scott Pruitt recently decided to reverse a push by the EPA to ban the chemical. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, Pruitt’s decision came after official records show he had a meeting […]

7y ago

Scott Pruitt On Paris Climate Accord Exit: America’s Interests Go First, Says EPA Boss

Scott Pruitt On Paris Climate Accord Exit: America’s Interests Go First, Says EPA Boss

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump made the controversial decision to have the United States exit the Paris climate accord, causing outrage among environmentalists in the process. But for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, leaving the Paris accord is the right thing for the U.S. to do at this point, as it could help […]

7y ago

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