Environmental Protection Agency
FRACKING
The EPA Gave Its Website a Pro-Fracking Makeover
A new report from the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative has chronicled the changes the EPA made to its webpage on fracking.
Sarah Emerson
11.16.18
climate change
EPA Submits Proposal to Replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan
The White House just received the EPA’s proposal for replacing the Obama-era climate change rule.
Sarah Emerson
7.11.18
EPA Secretary
Scott Pruitt Is Out and the EPA Is Still Fucked
Scott Pruitt resigned from the EPA today, stepping aside for a Washington insider who fought for coal companies.
Sarah Emerson
7.5.18
climate change
Scott Pruitt Is Right, Climate Change Is Good… For Rich White Guys
This week, the EPA chief questioned whether climate change is "necessarily a bad thing."
Kate Lunau
2.8.18
Outer Limits
Reclaimed Land
Inside Colorado's Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a former Superfund site that embodies the painful past and uncertain future of nuclear cleanup in America.
Lauren Steele
10.28.17
Hurricane Relief
The Puerto Rican Island the US Military Destroyed Has Been Forgotten After Hurricane Maria
"Currently, people in Vieques are struggling to survive. That needs to be a priority."
Sarah Emerson
10.20.17
Federal Science
EPA Science Advisory Board Nominee: Actually, CO2 Emissions Are Good
“I am sure that many scientists who have lived off of the Global Warming scam are concerned about their future."
Sarah Emerson
9.20.17
Federal Employee Rants
EPA Received Complaint From Employee Calling Donald Trump a 'Fucking Fascist,' Documents Reveal
Someone called the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General and let loose.
Sarah Emerson
4.10.17
Fossil Fuel Pollution
The EPA Just Gave Fossil Fuel Companies More Freedom to Pollute
Under Scott Pruitt, the agency no longer requires oil and gas companies to hand over information about greenhouse gas emissions.
Sarah Emerson
3.2.17
Head of the EPA
The EPA Just Ended Its Gag Order to Tweet Congrats to Scott Pruitt
The Environmental Protection Agency’s first tweet in almost a month was a congratulatory note to its new leader, Scott Pruitt.
Sarah Emerson
2.17.17
Environmental Protection Agency
New Sign at EPA Headquarters Quietly Reminds Staff of Their Whistleblower Rights
A new sign inside the EPA building seems to imply the agency’s communications ban has violated a federal whistleblower statute.
Sarah Emerson
2.17.17
Make the EPA Great Again
This Congressman Wants to Kill the EPA But Also 'Make It Great Again'
Rep. Barry Loudermilk co-sponsored a bill to kill the Environmental Protection Agency. How's he going to make it great again if it doesn't exist?
Sarah Emerson
2.8.17
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