EPA Head Pruitt Claims to Address Ethics, Raises Concerns
Scott Pruitt, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sure has been busy since he took over the agency. He’s spent most of his time...
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Please Stand Up for Clean Water Now!
The Environmental Protection Agency implements the Clean Water Act, the Nation’s primary tool to prevent pollution of our waterways and to clean up ones that...
President Twists Truth About the Clean Water Rule
President Trump may have set some kind of record on Tuesday making eight false statements about a single rule in the span of just a few minutes. While signing...
President Trump Attacks Clean Water
Today, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin repealing the Clean...
A Close Read of Scott Pruitt's Case for Leading EPA
Today, President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, will appear before the...
Analysis of Report on Alleged Clean Water "Overreach"
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire, or All Smoke and Mirrors? With much fanfare, the Republican staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last...