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… Martin Eminent Scholar Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans and former EPA official under Obama.  "They have framed their concerns using a set of values that I think …

… river. Contamination at Bannister was so extensive the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had in 1987 considered placing the property on the Superfund National Priorities List, a … thought was essential to protecting the country." The private-public collaboration so pleased EPA they honored all the companies and agencies involved in the transfer, including Breslin's BTD … of the manufacturing spaces — walls, pillars, drains, air ducts and rooftops. The DOE and the EPA also contracted specialists who checked and rechecked factory shops for remnants of …

… numerous toxins including trichloroethylene (TCE) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The EPA considers PCBs to be a probable human carcinogen and TCE as a known one. Ptacek reported on … with toxins on their shoes and clothing. He reported when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detected small amounts of beryllium and depleted uranium on the GSA side of the Bannister … Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) ordered the inspector general of the GSA to conduct a probe. The EPA was brought in to look for toxins in Buildings 50 and 52, then later tasked to supervise a …

… March 18 at a public hearing on the proposed revision in Washington. The Covenant asked EPA to give "due consideration" to the co-benefits of regulating mercury pollutants, especially … and acute health disorders to the human body." Catholic Climate Covenant also cited a 2016 EPA report that estimated more than 240,000 children had been exposed prenatally to mercury … and Air Toxics Standards. By doing so, human life and the environment is valued justly, and EPA's mission is honored," Aguto said. [Information on Catholic Climate Covenant's testimony …

… an attack on human health and the environment." "One of the messages we give back to the EPA is that its mission is to protect human health and the environment and every single one of … and impacts on the environment. The message has met with a sympathetic ear by high-ranking EPA officials, some of whom have come from the industries they now are charged with regulating. … and gas producers, are not expected to step back from actions to reduce emissions despite the EPA's proposed rule. "They know there's a real reputational risk to the industry to uncontrolled …

… pollution from coal-fired power plants. … Related: … Catholic groups disagree with Trump EPA "Affordable Clean Energy" rule Brown, the California governor who is Catholic, has been a …

… emissions in the country but recently surpassed by transportation; earlier this month, the EPA also moved to roll back fuel efficiency standards for vehicles. The EPA said that the Clean Power Plan, issued by the agency under President Barack Obama but which … Power & Light, said the rule's projected increase in lives lost is "unacceptable." "The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment," she said in a statement. Faith …

… decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and his removal of climate scientists from the EPA. "I think it is having the opposite effect to what he had expected," Gold said. "I think …

… horror stories are emerging about the treatment of adults and children held in detention . EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigned yesterday just as the Vatican is hosting a conference on climate …

… the aisle.  Also at Politico, one of the weirder stories of the week : ethically challenged EPA administrator Scott Pruitt apparently had a staffer try and purchase an old mattress from the …

… and small, one with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin. And there was a spot about the EPA's Pruitt trying to cast aspersions on another member of Trump's Cabinet in order to get the …

… mind about the priest’s ouster. We have some Catholic House members’ reaction in our story . EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, already under scrutiny for questionable spending and ethical …

… must be focus of Puerto Rico fiscal plan … . … NAACP joins environmental groups in calling for EPA chief Scott Pruitt's ouster … Church crackdown intensifies in China's Henan province … An …

… given to Pruitt's living situation in Washington, D.C., and pay raises for officials in the EPA, are miniscule compared to the environmental disaster ahead. They are distracting us from …

… Protection Agency's Scott Pruitt, and read, "Scott Pruitt's defenses are crumbling." The EPA administrator has first class tastes that run afoul of the populist mantras coming from the …

… comment. … Raising awareness … The cardinal said he hoped his visit to Capitol Hill and EPA headquarters would raise awareness of what's happening in the South Pacific and amplify …

I left my Global Sisters Report desk on Feb. 21 for a morning of "democracy in action." I wondered at first if should I go. It didn't fit under my job description at GSR, but it certainly came under my job description as an American citizen, a member of the Sierra Club, and a resident of planet Earth. "It" addressed the Trump administration's proposal to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. The…

… Christians are divided along political lines. … How Industry Has Taken Over Scott Pruitt's EPA … Most of its "deregulatory" actions and planned initiatives match up with specific industry …

… media outlets carried news of the GOP tax plan victory, they also carried this headline: " E.P.A. Delays Bans on Uses of Hazardous Chemicals ." Remember, the guys running things now don't …

… a conclusion recently reaffirmed by the fourth National Climate Assessment compiled by EPA and a dozen other federal agencies — and “have urged action on reduction of fossil fuel use.” … Covenant, whose 17 national partners include the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged EPA not to revoke the Clean Power Plan outright, saying “Its repeal, without a viable and … cannot afford.” The two days of hearing in West Virginia represented the only public session EPA scheduled for comments for its proposed Clean Power Plan repeal. The agency has left open the …