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The New House of Representatives Must Compel EPA to Enforce our Environmental Laws
We are at the end of two years witnessing the awful spectacle of an Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department more interested in exploiting natural resources than protecting them. But starting today, the unified control of the national government by President Donald Trump and his enablers has ended.
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The Midterm Elections and Environmental Protection
Tuesday’s election could be key in deciding federal environmental protection moving forward.
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The Trump Administration’s Attack on EPA Science and Children’s Health
Government’s first priority should not be to promote business interests, but to protect the lives and health of its people.
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Five Important Points About the EPA’s “SAFE Vehicle Rule”
The EPA’s decision to lower fuel efficiency standards could affect more than just greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ideology and the Transition to Environmental Sustainability
Anti-regulatory ideology is an obstacle to the development of the technology needed to transition to environmental sustainability.
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The State and Local Role in Protecting America’s Environment
The U.S. EPA is shrinking at the very time we need it to expand, but the environmental functions performed by state, county, and city governments will continue to grow.
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The Post-Pruitt EPA
While it is possible to predict the most probable form the post-Pruitt EPA will take, we should strive for something better.
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Scott Pruitt and the Chemical Industry Collude to Deregulate Toxic Chemicals
The persistence of toxic chemicals and substances like plastics throughout the biosphere has impacts that are not yet well understood and may be very difficult to predict.
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EPA’s Pruitt Promotes Fossil Fuels but Can’t Stop Renewable Energy
Fossil fuels will not go away quickly, but they will go away. Those fossil fuel companies that lead the transition to renewable energy will survive and thrive.
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