Actually, Sam Clovis is a conservative radio show host who served as national cochair of Trump’s presidential campaign—and he'll be overseeing the USDA's research on climate change.
The FDA decided to allow perchlorate—which is particularly dangerous to babies and children and has been linked to increased risk of cancer—to remain in our food.
Despite mounting scientific evidence linking the insecticide to learning disabilities in children, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt called the ban “unnecessary."
Trump has installed more than 400 officials across every major federal agency, many of whom lobbied in the same areas that are regulated by the agencies they have now joined.
President Trump promised U.S. CEOs that he would cut regulations, which would include standards that keep lead out of drinking water, protect people from pesticide poisoning, reduce air toxins that threaten children’s health, and reduce climate-wrecking carbon pollution.
Among the environmental rules impacted by Trump’s move is a set of energy-efficiency standards that would save consumers billions of dollars' worth of wasted electricity, standards to improve pipeline safety, and the addition of bumblebees to the Endangered Species List.
From cutting programs that conserve soil and protect water quality to scrapping research that could help reduce the climate impact of our agriculture industry to opening treasured national forests to oil, gas, coal, and timber interests, the damage Sonny Perdue…