The Senate Just Confirmed the Coal Lobbyist Who Could Replace Scott Pruitt
Andrew WheelerAlex Edelman/CNP, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The fossil fuel industry now has yet another ally at the Environmental Protection Agency—one who would almost certainly take over as head of the agency if Scott Pruitt is forced to resign. In a 53-45 vote on Thursday, the Senate confirmed…
Leaked Proposal Shows Trump Administration Planning to Kill Crucial Protections for Threatened Animals
The wolverine is a species currently proposed for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. CREATISTA/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Trump’s Department of the Interior is seeking to “revise” key, 40-year-old regulations which currently protect more than 300 threatened plant and animal species listed under the 1973 Endangered…
If Scott Pruitt Gets Fired From the EPA, This Coal Lobbyist Will Take His Place
Andrew Wheeler at his Senate confirmation hearing.Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate is about to confirm the man who would take over the Environmental Protection Agency should Scott Pruitt step down. Andrew Wheeler, an energy lobbyist who has worked for the Senate’s biggest climate…
Scott Pruitt Is Having Yet Another Scandal-Ridden Day
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, the scandals just won’t let up. The acting director of the Office of Government Ethics has written a stern letter outlining concerns over Pruitt’s seemingly endless list of controversies, warning that the American public’s trust in…
Why Antarctica’s Prehistoric Forests Might Foreshadow Its Future
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On their way back from the South Pole in 1912, Robert Falcon Scott and his team discovered the delicate lines of plant leaves pressed into the hard rock of Antarctica. They were…
Scott Pruitt’s Overworked Security Team Has Cost Taxpayers $3 Million
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Pruitt may have been spared in Friday evening’s news dump, but the ethical questions threatening his role as Environmental Protection Agency administrator continue apace. Financial documents obtained by the Associated Press reveal that over the year that Pruitt has been on the job, the embattled EPA…