- Under Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dramatically shifted away from its stated mission to “protect human and environmental health.” Instead, the agency is clearly favoring the interests of the polluting industries that it is mandated to regulate, according to a study https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/ajph.2018.304360 781 comments science
Linking pages
- EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry https://theconversation.com/epa-staff-say-the-trump-administration-is-changing-their-mission-from-protecting-human-health-and-the-environment-to-protecting-industry-96256 1500 comments
- Level of EPA industry influence under Trump is unprecedented – ThinkProgress https://thinkprogress.org/study-highlights-regulatory-capture-at-scott-pruitt-epa-73ac6ca863b6/ 43 comments
- Trump’s War on Science is Grounds to Impeach - Progressive.org https://progressive.org/dispatches/trump-war-on-science-trump-impeach-sen-190612/ 39 comments
- Christine Todd Whitman says Trump administration is 'hamstringing scientists' | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/politics/christine-todd-whitman-trump-environment-cnntv/index.html 6 comments
Linked pages
- Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa.html?amp%3B_r=0&%3Baction=click&%3Bclicksource=story-heading&%3Bmodule=first-column-region&%3Bpgtype=homepage&%3Bregion=top-news&%3Bwt.nav=top-news&hp= 1267 comments
- EPA spending almost $25,000 to install a secure phone booth for Scott Pruitt - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/26/epa-spending-almost-25000-to-install-a-secure-phone-booth-for-scott-pruitt/ 116 comments
- E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/climate/epa-buyouts-pruitt.html?amp%3B_r=0&%3Baction=click&%3Bclicksource=story-heading&%3Bmodule=first-column-region&%3Bmtrref=www.nytimes.com&%3Bpgtype=homepage&%3Bregion=top-news&%3Bwt.nav=top-news&hp= 47 comments
- EPA staffer leaves with a bang, blasting agency policies under Trump - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/07/epa-staffer-leaves-with-a-bang-blasting-agency-policies-under-trump/ 35 comments
- Counseled by Industry, Not Staff, E.P.A. Chief Is Off to a Blazing Start - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us/politics/trump-epa-chief-pruitt-regulations-climate-change.html 30 comments
- Scott Pruitt hails era of environmental deregulation in speech at coal mine | US Environmental Protection Agency | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/13/scott-pruitt-epa-coal-mining-deregulation-speech 29 comments
- Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?amp%3B_r=0&%3Baction=click&%3Bmodule=first-column-region&%3Bpgtype=homepage&%3Bregion=top-news&%3Bwt.nav=top-news&hp= 26 comments
- Trump is deleting climate change, one site at a time | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/14/donald-trump-climate-change-mentions-government-websites 20 comments
- EPA Staffers Tasked With Industry Wish List https://theintercept.com/2017/08/03/epa-staffers-are-being-forced-to-prioritize-energy-industrys-wish-list-says-official-who-resigned-in-protest/ 17 comments
- Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/us/trump-epa-chemicals-regulations.html 11 comments
- Scott Pruitt's First EPA Speech Gets a D+/C- From Environmental Academics http://www.newsweek.com/scott-pruitt-epa-speech-graded-annotated-scholars-560822 9 comments
- Pruitt Makes EPA Science Board More Industry Friendly https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pruitt-makes-epa-science-board-more-industry-friendly-n817276 5 comments
- EPA under Trump shrinks to near Reagan-era staffing levels - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/06/epa-under-trump-shrinks-to-near-reagan-era-staffing-levels/ 4 comments