Sounds like Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s confirmation vote to be the EPA director could happen sometime in the coming week. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is hoping for a vote in the full senate before Congress hits the road starting Feb. 17 for a recess. “That’s my …
One of the so-called “midnight regulations” that was created in the last weeks of the Obama administration is being fought by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. It is the EPA’s proposed Risk Management Rule which is designed to improve safety at facilities where hazardous chemicals are used, stored and distributed. At first read, …
The Justice Department is being asked by an environmental group to investigate whether EPA nominee Scott Pruitt violated laws during his confirmation hearing by the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The Environmental Working Group submitted a letter Wednesday to the Department of Justice Public Integrity Section. It asked to have Pruitt, the Oklahoma …
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt isn’t the only state attorney general to file suit against the EPA. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge did the same this week, suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its Federal Implementation Plan for regional haze in the state. “Without a stay of this unlawful plan, Arkansas, its citizens and …
It appears a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate on Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be the next EPA administrator could be next week. That’s the indication from Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) the ranking Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Also one of the Democrats who for two days last week boycotted the …
The pending confirmation of attorney general Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has some California regulators so afraid of him, they are pushing ahead with their own fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles. They fear that once Pruitt takes over, federal car rules might not survive in the Trump administration. Pruitt has …
It should come as no surprise that another Democrat in the U.S. Senate has publicly announced opposition to Attorney General Scott Pruitt to take over at the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how Politico’s Morning Energy Report stated the news: “DURBIN LATEST ‘NO’ ON PRUITT: No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin invoked a novel rationale in …
As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on confirming Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, nearly 450 former EPA officials have sent a letter to the Senate in opposition to Pruitt. The letter was coordinated by the Environmental Integrity Project,a nonprofit founded 14 years ago by former EPA officials. The …
While Attorney General Scott Pruitt waits on the U.S. Senate to hold a confirmation vote on him taking over the EPA, he remains the target of attacks from environmentalists and Democrats. The latest comes from three-term San Diego-based Rep. Scott Peters who is a new member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He also …
Despite numerous steps to reduce operations of wastewater injection wells that are suspected of causing Oklahoma’s rash of strong earthquakes, the Environmental Protection Agency thinks the state is not doing enough. The EPA recently told Corporation Commissioners they should do more to protect Oklahomans and their drinking water from strong earthquakes caused by the injection …
