People’s Action Disrupts and Delays Sham EPA Hearing on Dirty Energy Plan
Clean energy activists in “Stop Killing Us” t-shirts delay EPA hearing for 15 minutes while the audience applauds and joins in chanting. … Read more
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration for Gutting Methane Waste Rule
Twice Defeated, Zinke Makes Third Attempt to Allow More Gas Pollution, Waste SAN FRANCISCO―(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2018 Contacts: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law … Read more
Duckworth, Durbin & Foster Ask EPA & Sterigenics to Test Air Quality in Willowbrook for Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Residents of Willowbrook, Illinois near Sterigenics facilities have second highest risk of cancer of anywhere in U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2018 … Read more
Attorney General Madigan Calls on EPA to Abandon Proposed Rollback of Safety Protections for Workers, First-Responders, Communities
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined 11 other State Attorneys General who submitted extensive comments on the … Read more
U.S. PIRG Statement on the Resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 5, 2018 Contact: Kara Cook-Schultz President Donald Trump announced today via Twitter that he has accepted the resignation of embattled … Read more
Attorney General Madigan Joins 10 Attorney Generals Bringing Suit Against EPA Over Illegal Rollback of Key Climate Protection Regulations
Attorneys General Charge U.S. EPA with Illegally Seeking to Roll Back Prohibition on Hydrofluorocarbons, Powerful Climate Change Pollutants Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2018 By: … Read more
Lead Contamination in Schools’ Drinking Water: Worse than Previously Thought
Groups call for swift action to Get the Lead Out Boston, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—June 14, 2018 Contact: Kara Cook-Schultz Lead contamination in our schools … Read more
White House Staff Tired of Weathering Storm Pruitt
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2018 By: Lauren Lantry With new information breaking daily on embattled Scott Pruitt’s countless scandals, White House staff are … Read more
Senator Durbin Joins Colleagues to Tell EPA: Don’t Weaken Coal Ash Rule
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Senator Dick Durbin joined 10 Democratic Senators today urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) … Read more
Digital Billboard Demanding Pruitt’s Firing Circles EPA, Congress, and Condo Rental
Friends of the Earth hires digital truck carrying the message “Stop the Corruption. #FirePruitt” WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Lukas Ross … Read more