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Planet Earth is next on Trump's target list
… solar in his post as secretary of energy. There is even fear that Trump might dismantle the EPA, which was set up by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1970. According to the New York …
Speak loud, act local, environmental groups tell Catholics in Trump era
… women. References to climate change have disappeared from Whitehouse.gov , and scientists and EPA officials have frantically backed up data fearing further deletions. Rangers took to their …
Catholics question Pruitt's commitment to environmental protection
… he actually protect the environment? Scott Pruitt's selection to succeed Gina McCarthy as EPA administrator raised eyebrows in that, as Oklahoma attorney general, he has sued the agency … proposition." Great attention was focused on what Pruitt would say about climate change, given EPA's leading role in regulating and curbing the levels of greenhouse gases emitted by the U.S., …
Environmental rallies push back on Trump nominees
… — Dan Lashof (@Dlashof) January 10, 2017 … More: … " … Choice of Pruitt as EPA head alarms scientists, environmentalists Choice of Pruitt as EPA head alarms scientists, environmentalists … " … (Dec. 9, 2016); … " Georgetown students join protest of potential Trump EPA pick Georgetown students join protest of potential Trump EPA pick " … (Nov. 28, 2016) The …
Catholics petition Trump to uphold climate actions
… the Paris Agreement, end U.S. payments to United Nations climate programs, and eliminate the EPA, and with it, the Clean Power Plan. He also stated numerous times he believed climate change … looming climate policies, largely stoked by appointments to key environmental posts — namely, EPA and the Departments of Energy and Interior. Each of the appointees, Oklahoma Attorney General …
Resistance
… policies, such as Scott Pruitt, the nominee for head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Pruitt doubts the reality of climate change, and he claims that the "debate is far from …
Choice of Pruitt as EPA head alarms scientists, environmentalists
… fossil fuels. Pruitt heads a coalition of Republican state attorneys general who are suing the EPA and the Obama administration over its climate change initiatives. The appointment, announced … General for the state of Oklahoma, regularly conspired with the fossil fuel industry to attack EPA protections." Pruitt's pick intensifies concern among science and education professionals …
Editorial: Raise your voice in defense of creation
… these programs, now more than ever. Similar steps include urging responsible choices at the EPA, the Interior Department and the Energy Department, and advocating clean energy policies …
Morning Briefing
… . Here's what's new at NCRonline today: Georgetown students join … protest of potential Trump EPA pick … Vatican trial underway for Guam archbishop … , says new coadjutor ICYMI: … Soldier …
Georgetown students join protest of potential Trump EPA pick
… a prominent counterpoint to climate science currently leading President-elect Donald Trump's EPA transition team. That day, members of the group, which originated at Georgetown, are urging … we were just beginning to achieve," she said. In September Trump selected Ebell to lead his EPA transition team. Ebell is the director of energy and environment for the Competitive … theory at the London School of Economics. He is a vocal opponent of the Paris Agreement and EPA's Clean Power Plan, the carbon pollution rules for coal-and gas-fired power plants that forms …
At COP22 and on Capitol Hill, faith groups step up climate efforts
… Specifically, the petition called for members of Congress to resist attempts to roll back EPA carbon rules and the Clean Power Plan, and to follow through on financial support for the …
COP22 gets underway with cautious statements about Trump's climate ideas
… Power Plan, the rules for coal-fired power plants created under the Obama administration by EPA. Trump has said he would roll back both the plan and the EPA's powers if elected president — positions endorsed by GOP leadership in the Republican-held …
In case you missed it, Ken Bone's question raised legit concerns about energy
… because energy is under siege by the Obama administration. Under absolutely siege. The EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, is killing these energy companies. And foreign companies … our steel companies. We have to guard our energy companies. We have to make it possible. The EPA is so restrictive that they are putting our energy companies out of business. And all you …
My 48,180-pound trash pile
… individual. Think about adding up all the trash of over 300 million Americans. In 2013, the EPA calculated that Americans produced approximately 254 million tons of trash; only about 34 …
In Puerto Rico, mistrust fuels more public doubt than urgency on Zika
… to spraying was based on the pesticide to be used -- naled -- which, according to the EPA, "can overstimulate the nervous system causing nausea, dizziness, confusion and, at very high …
Lead in the water: The crisis is not solely Flint's
… there are 5,000 water systems in the country that could have tainted water, but either the EPA doesn't report it or the water utility never tells the EPA, according to Erik Olson, director of the council's health program. He made the remarks …
Michigan Catholic school hits the scales to reduce food waste
… and energy. The more green activities they pursue, the higher a school’s status. More: " … EPA recruits faith groups to help end food waste … " (Jan. 26, 2016) So far, St. Mary has reached …
Catholic coalition files amicus brief backing Clean Power Plan
… climate change. "The Rule is the latest, and perhaps most important, of several steps that EPA has taken to reduce carbon emissions," the coalition of 41 faith-based organizations wrote. … states specific emissions targets, allowing for a range of solutions to meet them. More: … EPA unveils Clean Power Plan, as faith groups quick to embrace … (Aug. 4, 2015) It also … induced rising sea levels and coastal erosion." The brief continued: "Amici fully support EPA's diligent effort and agree that the Rule is an essential part of fulfilling our collective …
Mercy, globetrotting and our global home: recapping Francis' third year as pope
… An aerial view of the Rio Platano nature reserve in Honduras. (CNS photo/Gustavo Amador, EPA) “The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. In …
Feeding the hungry as a work of mercy
… a deeper Lenten experience suffused with meaning, community and mercy. Feeding the hungry: EPA recruits faith groups to help end food waste Ending hunger requires changes in lifestyles, …