Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
What You Need to Know About EPA’s New Boss Andrew Wheeler
by H. Sterling Burnett July 27, 2018Former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marked the end of a productive but tumultuous period for the agency.
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Environment/Energy
Fracking Bans Hurt Distressed Communities, Inflate Power Costs
by Bud Weinstein April 26, 2017This year, oil production in America is expected to reach an all-time high, close to 9.5 million barrels a day. Similarly, natural gas output is projected to reach a record 75 billion cubic feet per day by the end of 2017.
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After calling dangerous manmade climate change a hoax and vowing to withdraw the USA from the Paris agreement, President Trump has apparently removed language criticizing the Paris deal from a pending executive order initiating a rollback of anti-fossil-fuel regulations, to help jumpstart job creation.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeatured
Religious Leaders Back Pruitt to Head EPA
by H. Sterling Burnett January 13, 2017The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation is circulating a letter among religious leaders and others supporting the candidacy of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) as administrator of the U.S. EPA.