Category: citizen-epa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 5th, 2017Brooke Havlik, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, 212-961-1000 ext. 320, brooke@weact.orgNew York, NY — As President … Read MoreWhile Trump Moves Backwards, NYC Passes Bills to Protect Environmental Justice Communities

CitizenScience.org – February 22, 2017CSA (Citizen Science Association) is excited to once again partner with SciStarter to present Citizen Science … Read MoreCitizen Science Day 2017

SAN FRANCISCO and CHICAGO (March 30, 2017) — President Donald Trump’s actions this week to reverse the steady progress being … Read MoreInterfaith Organizations Protest the President’s Executive Order on Coal and Environmental Rollbacks

By Juliet Eilperin, Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson — March 31, 2017 — Washington Post The Environmental Protection Agency has … Read MoreNew EPA documents reveal even deeperproposed cuts to staff and programs

By Victoria Herrmann  —  March 28, 2017 —  from www.theguardian.com As an Arctic researcher, I’m used to gaps in data. … Read MoreI am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations.

By John D. Sutter – CNN.com – Updated 8:53 AM ET, Tue February 28, 2017Climate change may seem like a … Read MoreThe geography of American climate confusion: a visual guide

Cat Johnson – Christian Science Monitor.com – January 30, 2017 Cool Block is an initiative that helps neighbors connect with … Read MoreA back-to-basics way to deal with climate issues: have neighbors talk

Two terrible bills that Obama would have vetoed are back in play, and they stand a very good chance of … Read MoreRepublicans’ War on Science Just Got Frighteningly Real (3/9/2017)

By Emily Atkin – New Republic.com – March 7, 2017When President Donald Trump took office in late January, his administration … Read MoreThe EPA’s Science Office Removed “Science” From Its Mission Statement

By Maria Popova – Brain Pickings.org“It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to have … Read MoreThe Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power

January 27, 2017 – CBS Sacramento, CA / Fresno, CA (AP)California can require Monsanto to label its popular weed-killer Roundup … Read MoreCourt Rules Against Monsanto, Allows California To Put Cancer Warning On Roundup

Updated by David Roberts — @drvox — david@vox.com — Mar 2, 2017, 1:00pm ESTIn his Tuesday night speech, President Donald … Read MoreDo environmental regulations reduce employment? Not really.

I stumbled upon this yesterday. I’m not a lawyer. But I do care about Earth and American law and redress.From … Read MoreWhat is a “Citizen Suit”?

By CORAL DAVENPORT  —  MARCH 3, 2017 — New York TimesWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to begin rolling … Read MoreTrump to Undo Vehicle Rules That Curb Global Warming (March 3, 2017)

By: Oliver Milman  —  From:  www.TheGuardian.com —  March 3, 2017 Planned cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency are set to … Read More‘Just racist’: EPA cuts will hit black and Hispanic communities the hardest

I, your editor, was on a conference call with the NRDC this afternoon, March 3, 2017. It was very informative. … Read MoreEPA Spends in 1.5 years what Military Spends in 1 Day

The future of the EPA is uncertainby Alessandra Potenza  Feb 28, 2017, 8:00am ESTChildren play in the yard of a … Read MoreWhen rivers caught fire and bald eagles were poisoned:why we need the Environmental Protection Agency

Shannan Stoll – YES! Magazine – Issues 81, Spring 2017Wastewater from a hog farm in Duplin County, North Carolina, is … Read MoreIn Hog Farm Country, Communities Became Co-researchers

Madeline Ostrander – YES! Magazine – Issue 81, Spring 2017It’s time to look up, look around, and take note because … Read MoreWe Are All Scientists Now

Jonathan Foley, Christine Arena – February 27, 2017 – Scientific AmericanHere are five meaningful steps you can takePresident Trump’s decision … Read MoreHow to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science

Jayme Fraser, The Missoulian.com – Feb 20, 2017 Updated Feb 22, 2017 HELENA — Dustin Monroe held up an old … Read MoreMontana bill would ban pipelines from crossing underneath rivers, lakes

By Stan Meiburg, Acting Deputy Administrator, US Environmental Protection AgencyDec. 20, 2016 — Unedited copy — Reproduced with permission from … Read MoreEnvironmental Protection Belongs to the Public: A Vision for Citizen Science at EPA

Friday, February 24, 2017 – Jeremy Brecher – Common Dreams.orgWhy ‘Climate Kids’ vs. Trump is no ordinary lawsuitTwo days after … Read MoreTrial of the Century Pits Trump Climate Denialism Against ‘Right to a Climate System Capable of Sustaining Human Life’

by Dartagnan – Daily Kos – Feb 23, 2017https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/23/1637009/-Bannon-Reveals-His-Intention-To-Deconstruct-The-Administrative-State-i-e-Destroy-The-CountryAt CPAC today Stephen Bannon, the Chief Advisor and intellectual heft behind … Read MoreBannon Admits Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Were Selected To Destroy Their Agencies

SierraClub.org – February 15, 2017…What can environmental groups and all people who care about the environment and public health do … Read MoreIf the EPA Sits On Its Hands, Citizens Will Get to Their Feet

Christian Science Montor — February 20, 2017 Faced with the possibility of cuts to research agencies and fears about suppression … Read MoreScience activism on the rise: Boston rally is latest iteration