Shared from the 1/3/2020 The Denver Post eEdition, TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Brown and Ed White The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund cleanup projects in at least 15 year...
By Sierra Club Environmental Law Program. Gaslight Edition Trump Watch re Environmental Rollbacks and Actions
White house officials suppress State Dept testimony that human caused climate change will be "possibly catastrophic"
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says that "most of t...
From Participant (Spotlight), DARK WATERS tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest corporations and to bring justice to a community dangerously exposed for decades to deadly chemica...
With Rollback, Trump Administration Unleashes Toxic Water Pollution From Coal Plants Into Drinking
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The Sierra Club releases video advertisement and comment website agai...
Shared from the 10/30/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By John Aguilar
The Denver Post
The federal investigation into the 2017 explosion that killed two people and destroyed a home in Firestone determined the likely cause was a natural gas leak through a pipeline that had been severed during cons...
By Cathy Bussewitz
The Associated Press
NEW YORK» New York’s attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of lying to investors about how profitable the company will remain as governments impose stricter regulations to combat global warming.
The lawsuit, which is set to go to trial Tuesday, claims the...
Shared from the 9/18/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
By Juliet Eilperin and Nick Miroff
The Washington Post
Bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Donald Trump’s border barrier could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Mo...
President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority. His administration, with help from Republicans in Congress, has often targeted environmental rules it sees as burdensome to the fossil fuel industry and other big businesses.
A New York Times analysis, based on research from Harva...
Shared from the 9/5/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
WASHINGTON » The Trump administration turned its deregulatory focus Wednesday to light bulbs, scrapping a rule that would have phased out less-energy-efficient incandescent bulbs.
The move slows a years-long push by Congress and past administration...
Shared from the 9/5/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
ALASKA By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson
The Washington Post
A former Oklahoma attorney general who filed more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the EPA’s authority, former Administrator Scott Pruitt wound up working for a coal magnate af...
Shared from the 8/16/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
WASHINGTON » The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn preliminary approval for deadly sodium cyanide traps blamed for injuries to people and pets as well as targeted predators. EPA head Andrew Wheeler said in a stateme...
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Brady McCombs
The Associated Press
William Perry Pendley
WASHINGTON» An ardent critic of the federal government who has argued for selling off almost all public lands has been named the Trump administration’s top steward over nearly a quarter-million federally controlled ...
Shared from the 7/9/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
ENVIRONMENT By Ellen Knickmeyer and Kevin Freking The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » President Donald Trump declared himself a champion of the environment Monday, working to boost his standing on climate change and pollution issues...
EPA WATCHDOG SUGGESTS AGENCY RECOVER $124,000 IN PRUITT’S “EXCESSIVE” TRAVEL EXPENSES. WASHINGTON »The Environmental Protection Agency should consider recovering nearly $124,000 of improper travel expenses by former EPA chief Scott Pruitt, the agency’s inspector general recommended Thursday.
T...
Shared from the 4/29/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
PORTLAND, MAINE » The tradition of releasing balloons at weddings, birthdays and
memorials may soon get deflated by lawmakers in more than half a dozen states.
Critics say the helium-filled balloons pollute the environment, and t...
Shared from the 3/16/2019 The Denver Post eEdition
WASHINGTON» The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday banned consumer use of a popular but deadly paint stripper but stopped short of also banning commercial use of the product by tradespeople.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed t...
The Trump administration's top environmental official for the Southeast was arrested Thursday on criminal ethics charges in Alabama reported to be related to a scheme to help a coal company avoid paying for a costly toxic waste cleanup.
Trey Glenn, 47, was briefly booked into a county jail in Birmi...
Greenpeace links forest destruction for palm oil to brands, among those failing to clean up their supply chains are:
Nestle, Pepsico, Unilever and Colgate Palmolive. 150,000 acres of Indonesian Rain Forest destroyed for supplying palm oil to
these and other major companies despite thei...
