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Trump's environmental rollbacks lack 'moral compass,' Catholics say
… greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. A Trump budget proposal sought to slash EPA funding by a third and its staff by 20 percent, while Administrator Scott Pruitt, who sued … we're going to have clear air," said the president, surrounded by coal miners March 28 at EPA headquarters as he signed a far-reaching executive order aimed at ending a series of … the Paris Agreement pullout "a terrible — and we hope reversible — mistake." McDermott cast EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan withdrawal as "deeply immoral and death dealing." In his …
Links for 10/26/17
… on climate change. This is insanity, and dangerous insanity. Those like Trump, his EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, and the Koch Brothers who fund climate change deniers, all will …
Morning Briefing
… big investments and changing habits … File this under "Undermining" and "Dismantling": … E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists … McCain hits Trump where it hurts, …
Neighborhood fears renewed oil drilling at site leased from LA Archdiocese
… the facility, as well as the city of Los Angeles and the fire department, Drysdale said. The EPA said it has not received certification from AllenCo that it has completed all facility safety … The residents filed hundreds of complaints to different regulatory agencies, including the EPA. During an October 2013 visit to the AllenCo facility, EPA inspectors, including the regional … operations while EPA conducted its investigation, which the company voluntarily did. During EPA's four-month investigation, the health issues in question disappeared among residents, the …
EPA proposes full repeal of Obama-era Clean Power Plan
… power plants. The order proposing withdrawal of the Clean Power Plan was signed Oct. 10 by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. As attorney general of Oklahoma, Pruitt had joined 26 fellow … proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan bases that recommendation on a determination that the EPA under President Barack Obama exceeded its regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act by … for future generations." The Franciscan Action Network said it was "outraged" by the EPA's proposal but not surprised. It called the Trump's administration "hostile to the …
Morning Briefing, International
… amid mounting challenges Trump administration dramatically scales back refugee admissions EPA's Pruitt took charter, military flights that cost taxpayers more than $58,000 Tom Price's …
Cabinet members get together for weekly Bible study
… as well as Vice President Mike Pence, House and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. "Mike Pence has respect for the office," Drollinger said. "He …
The clergy's task is unfinished in confronting sex abuse
… penitential Mass for the sins of pedophilia at a Catholic church in Krakow in June 2014. (CNS/EPA/Stanislaw Rozpedzik) The U.S. bishops' big Dallas meeting in 2002 resulted in a charter for …
Carbon tax revisited
… at about 30 times the rate carbon dioxide does. This is not a priority for the Trump EPA. In fact, as attorney general of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt had a history of fighting oil and gas regulations from the EPA, which he now heads. Congress is unlikely to legislate perfectly when it comes to a carbon …
America's George III moment: What to do when the sovereign is mad?
… Nixon's leadership in going to China or negotiating with the Soviets or creating the EPA because of his nefarious behavior in the Watergate cover-up: There was no spillover. Today, …
Re-reading Laudato Si' ahead of the Trump-Francis visit
… will also create more jobs in infrastructure, trucking and manufacturing. This will allow the EPA to focus on its primary mission of protecting our air and protecting our water. Together, we …
Trump to visit Francis at the Vatican May 24 after trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia
… Home," that partly focused on the need to confront climate change. Trump has appointed an EPA administrator who questions the wide scientific consensus about climate change, and he signed …
Catholics bring Pope Francis' call to protect creation to climate march
… She carried a colorful cardboard sunflower on a short stick that read, "Catholics 4 the EPA," one of 45 similar signs that she and others making the trip had made. "We feel like …
Trump seeking to meet with Pope Francis in May
… Si’ , that partly focused on the need to confront climate change. Trump has appointed an EPA administrator who questions the wide scientific consensus about climate change and signed an …
Catholics rebuke executive order on climate, energy policy
… of unnecessary regulations. At a signing ceremony at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which authored the Clean Power Plan, Trump said of that rule that no other regulation poses … process ahead … Surrounded by a dozen coal miners and executives, Trump signed the order in EPA's Map Room where his remarks and those of several cabinet members made it decidedly clear …
Morning Briefing
… 28: … Catholics rebuke executive order on climate, energy policy … Trump signs order at the EPA to dismantle environmental protections . … EPA chief calls it 'Our Big Day.' … Trump promised 'clean coal' … , but it doesn't exist … …
Climate policy: Trump should talk to Pope Francis
… has reportedly consulted fairly exclusively with climate change skeptics. Both he and his new EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, have themselves questioned the validity of climate science. It’s …
Catholic climate petition to Trump surpasses 15,000 signatures
… by the Chinese. A budget proposal from the Trump administration has called for slashing the EPA budget by 31 percent, or $2.6 billion. The president has been ambiguous about keeping the … at some point to order a rewrite and potential rescinding of the Clean Power Plan. His EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, was among the 27 state attorneys general who sued the federal …
Morning Briefing
… our common home' … The senator who once called climate change a 'hoax' is now reshaping the EPA with his close confidants … … Opinion: How Donald Trump has helped me appreciate Pope …
Catholics continue to press Trump on climate change
… it as a "hoax," is expected as early as this week to order a rewriting, and weakening, of the EPA rules on emissions for coal- and gas-fired power plants. It remains up in the air how under … Multiple reports have indicated Trump will issue an executive order in days that will order EPA to rewrite the 2015 Clean Power Plan rule, and another to rework the Water of the United … Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit after 27 state attorneys general — including new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt — contested its legality. Some analyses of power-plant coal …