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It was nearly a year ago Smart Dissent wrote about the announced repeal of the Clean Power Plan which sought to push states to move away from coal in favor of sources of electricity that produce fewer carbon emissions.
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The original post included below is from April 4, 2017 when Scott Pruitt was just getting started with his destruction. Please re-read to remind yourself on the topic of chlorpyrifos but then see this major update from earlier in August.
A federal court on Thursday [August 9, 2018] ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a pesticide used widely in farming.
The 2-1 ruling on a lawsuit brought by public health groups and state attorneys general ordered the agency "to revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for chlorpyrifos within 60 days."
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As we wrote in a very important post in June 2018, TRUMP'S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LED BY JEFF SESSIONS IS TELLING THE FEDERAL COURTS TO RULE THE PRIMARY PARTS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ILLEGAL.
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Republican destruction of our government continues, this time a group charged with keeping an eye out for future financial disasters. Funny how the run up to financial collapse always seems to occur as Republican "leadership" destroys the regulations surrounding it.
The Trump administration moved on Wednesday [August 8, 2018] to shrink a government agency tasked with identifying looming financial risks, notifying around 40 staff members they would be laid off....
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As we've noted several times in recent weeks, Andrew Wheeler, the new head of our EPA, is picking up right where Scott Pruitt left off. He works on behalf of private industry without regard for our environment or public health. Wheeler, unlike Pruitt, will stay out of the headlines while destroying us.