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Trump’s EPA eyes cuts in water pollution regulation that directly affects the Gulf of Mexico

Opinion: “Mad Max”  at the helm…… Trump’s EPA eyes cuts in water pollution regulation that directly affects the Gulf of Mexico One of Trump’s first actions in office was to tell the EPA chief to repeal or revise the Clean Water Rule. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cuts in water pollution regulation that would increase the 5,772-square-mile dead zone …

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Trump’s EPA promotes its clean water rollbacks with an article from outlet backed by GOP megadonor

SWAMP WATCH Trump’s EPA promotes its clean water rollbacks with an article from outlet backed by GOP megadonor “There goes another one.” Kyla Mandel Twitter Dec 13, 2018, 5:14 pm SHARE Share UNITED STATES – AUGUST 1: Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, prepares to testify during the Senate Committee on Environment …

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War on women now war on children: Trump’s EPA makes ‘sneaky’ move to hamstring its children’s health office

SWAMP WATCH “Trump’s own EPA says his climate plan will worsen health of millions of kids, cost $50 billion. In 2017, for example, Pruitt rejected a ban on the organophospate pesticide chlorpyrifos, which paralyzes the nervous system of insects — and which has been linked directly to fetal brain damage. Indeed, one study found that “US children born …

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EPA Exodus: Nearly 1,600 Workers Have Left Since Trump Took Office, Analysis Shows

SWAMP WATCH: Environmental Protection Agency or Environmental Destruction Agency? The Post report echoes findings from a survey of 63,000 scientific experts across 16 federal agencies—published by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) last month—which outlined how the administration is “sidelining science” across the federal government, with staffers reporting issues including “censorship and self-censorship, political interference …

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EPA Proposes Gutting Obama’s Signature Climate Rule To Lower Power Plant Pollution

SWAMP WATCH “Just how many people must pay the supreme price of death for a few rich, greedy people to bank a few dollars? Stanley Sturgill, retired coal miner” “Even as the Trump administration’s environmental deregulatory agenda suffers repeated legal setbacks, the White House appears focused on shoring up its gains. The Supreme Court nomination …

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