For the time being, let's briefly address the facts and reactions to the United States being pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord. We will follow up soon with another post discussing what this means for the U.S. and for the 195 nations who signed the agreement.
Scott Pruitt has called for the dissolution of much of the EPA's authority yet now runs the Environmental Protection Agency. He is a seasoned legal opponent of the agency and is unfortunately an effective tool for Trump's efforts to dismantle regulations on climate change and clean water and "get rid" of the agency. In general, Pruitt and the administration are waging a war against science, safety, and common sense in order to benefit their favored corporate interests.
The FCC will take the next step towards ending net neutrality on Thursday, May 18th.
On Thursday, the FCC will vote on whether to solicit public input on the proposal to undo the rules, the first step in the process of rolling them back.
While everyone was rightfully focused on the firing of the FBI director, Director John Thompson of the U.S. Census Bureau abruptly resgined after Congress refused to provide adequate funding for the upcoming 2020 census.
BE SMART ABOUT is an unfortunate series highlighting examples of those in power who you need to stay informed about so you can share this knowledge and together we can Be Smart and Actively Dissent.
The current head of the Environmental PROTECTION Agency Scott Pruitt wishes the EPA did not exist and does not believe climate change is real. Amist your fury, if you're still able to read more you'll be incensed to learn that because of Pruitt's beliefs (to put corporate interest over our globe and people), the EPA web site has been scrubbed of scientific information related to our planet and its climate.
BE SMART ABOUT is our unfortunate series highlighting examples of those in power who you need to stay informed about so you can share this knowledge and together we can Be Smart and Actively Dissent.
Today we discuss a recent action of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who will be a repeat participant in the BE SMART ABOUT series.
It can be a struggle in daily conversations to explain the real life impact this election has every day on the decisions being made to govern our society. This election has put numerous individuals in positions of real, tangible power who are spending every hour of every day implementing policies in an efficient, destructive manner. They are doing the exact things their prior words, actions, and lobbyist bosses should have made obvious.
In SmartDissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are detailing many of the White House proposed budget cuts. A prime eample of the importance of this series in the proposed impacts to the Environmental Protection Agency. We seek to learn and share what's hidden beneath the surface. While climate change denial and associated concerns have dominated the discussion of the massive funding cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, far more is at stake in a variety of ways.
As discussed one week ago on Smart Dissent, on Tuesday an Executive Order was signed which spits in the face of every human or other living organism in the world including billions of future ones.