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Been a year now since I started to focus on issues related to regulation of the environment in Trump era. Speaking re the topic tonight. Here is a look back. 1) "As Oklahoma’s Attorney General Pruitt Backed Industry Donors Over Regulators" nytimes.com/2017/01/14/us/…
2) The Pruitt Emails: E.P.A. Chief Was Arm in Arm With Industry
nytimes.com/2017/02/22/us/…
3) How Rollbacks at Scott Pruitt’s E.P.A. Are a Boon to Oil and Gas
nytimes.com/2017/05/20/bus…
4) How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science
nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/…
5) Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands
nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/…
6) Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say
nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/…
7) E.P.A. Promised ‘a New Day’ for the Agriculture Industry, Documents Reveal
nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/…
8) Chemical Industry Ally Faces Critics in Bid for Top E.P.A. Post
nytimes.com/2017/09/19/sci…
9) E.P.A. Chief’s Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home
nytimes.com/2017/10/03/us/…
10) Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots
nytimes.com/2017/10/21/us/…
11) Under Trump, E.P.A. Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters, and Put Limits on Enforcement Officers
nytimes.com/2017/12/10/us/…
12) E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out. Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email.
nytimes.com/2017/12/17/us/…
13) How $225,000 Can Help Secure a Pollution Loophole at Trump’s E.P.A.
nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/…
14) Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Oil and Gas Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’
nytimes.com/2018/03/10/bus…
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The NYT has written a great deal abt Chlorpyrifos since 2017, after Pruitt vetoed staff & decided not to ban it, despite evidence it's hurting farm workers/children. Abt 6 million lbs sprayed each yr on soybean/corn/oranges/almonds/
apples/asparagus/grape/broccoli/etc. Eat those?
Here are some of those stories, if you missed them. First, Pruitt rejects his own staff recommendations and decides not to ban the pesticide.
nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/…
Then @RoniNYTimes and I got the EPA emails that showed how Pruitt in early 2017 had promised the farmers that use the pesticide he was there ready to help them. Emails also showed how EPA staff advice was rejected.
nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/…
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PART IV: TRUMP ERA IMPACT ON AIR/WATER. SCENE:WEST VA. IF there's a single thing helped motivate modern environmental movement in US it was Cuyahoga River repeatedly catching fire in OHIO back in 1950s/60s. How could a river (IT IS WATER) catch fire? ANSWER : SEVERE POLLUTION
THE creation of the EPA in 1970--and the passage of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act--empowered the Fed Gov to clean up the terrible degradation that industrialization had wrought to our air and water. (STICK WITH ME ON THIS, sorry for history lesson)
Kanawha River, W Va. largest inland river is one of those rivers that had been severely hurt by decades of abuse by humans. Human waste, power plants, coal mine runoff, industrial pollution, etc. A MESS. Here is EPA report from 70s
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PART III: How Much Is Clean Air Worth To YOU? Scene: HOUSTON, Tx. The Obama EPA moved in Dec. 2016 to mandate that nine coal-burning power plants install so-called scrubbers to make a MASSIVE cut in SULFUR DIOXIDE pollution. WHY? Tx power plants emit more SO2 than anywhere in US
The move by the EPA was under the so-called REGIONAL HAZE rule, that dates back to 1999 and is intended to help cut haze that mars the air in national parks and wilderness areas nationwide. THIS IS WHAT HAZE LOOKS LIKE.
Obama EPA concluded that Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) upgrades at these nine plants would eliminate 190,000 tons a year of SO2=or more than any other state produces, except Texas. Here is description of that plan.
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