This Earth Day, EPA Chief Scott Pruitt is under investigation for ethics violations, excessively spending our money and inappropriate relations with lobbyists.
Do you know what he’s NOT under investigation for?
Please bear with me. This partial list is long and shocking.
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Do you know what he’s NOT under investigation for?
Please bear with me. This partial list is long and shocking.
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-Removing a number of species from the endangered list.
-Overturning a ban on the hunting of predators in Alaskan wildlife refuges.
-Withdrawing proposed limits on endangered marine mammals caught by fishing nets on the West Coast.
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-Overturning a ban on the hunting of predators in Alaskan wildlife refuges.
-Withdrawing proposed limits on endangered marine mammals caught by fishing nets on the West Coast.
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-Repealing a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
-Revoking a 2016 order protecting the northern Bering Sea region in Alaska.
-Repealing an Obama-era rule regulating royalties for oil, gas and coal.
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-Revoking a 2016 order protecting the northern Bering Sea region in Alaska.
-Repealing an Obama-era rule regulating royalties for oil, gas and coal.
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- Rejecting a proposed ban on a potentially harmful pesticide.
-Lifting a freeze on new coal leases on public lands.
-Canceling a requirement for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions.
-Approving the DAPL and Keystone XL pipeline.
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-Lifting a freeze on new coal leases on public lands.
-Canceling a requirement for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions.
-Approving the DAPL and Keystone XL pipeline.
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-Rescinding an Obama-era order to consider climate change in managing natural resources in national parks.
-Directing agencies to stop using an Obama-era calculation of the “social cost of carbon”.
-Reversing a proposed rule that mines prove they can pay for cleanup.
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-Directing agencies to stop using an Obama-era calculation of the “social cost of carbon”.
-Reversing a proposed rule that mines prove they can pay for cleanup.
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-Withdrawing a proposed rule reducing pollutants at sewage treatment plants
-Overturning a ban on use of lead ammunition on federal lands.
-Announcing plans to rescind water pollution regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands.
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-Overturning a ban on use of lead ammunition on federal lands.
-Announcing plans to rescind water pollution regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands.
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-Rolling back an Obama-era policy aimed at protecting migratory birds.
-Overturning a Clinton-era rule designed to regulate industrial polluters.
For a full list of 67 Environmental Rules on the Way
Out Under Trump, please see:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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-Overturning a Clinton-era rule designed to regulate industrial polluters.
For a full list of 67 Environmental Rules on the Way
Out Under Trump, please see:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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We DEMAND investigations and public hearings!
And we demand the immediate dismissal of a public official destroying our land!
#FirePruitt
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And we demand the immediate dismissal of a public official destroying our land!
#FirePruitt
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