The indictment of EPA Region 4 Administrator Trey Glenn on criminal charges of violating Alabama's ethics laws is likely to bolster House Democrats' plans to strengthen federal ethics law, which they are already justifying based on concerns that former EPA chief Scott Pruitt was able to escape ...
" said EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore. "People have a right to know about any toxic chemicals in their communities, especially those that are already overburdened by pollution.”
White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said Thursday that “President Trump, DOGE, and Administrator Zeldin are committed to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse.” Zeldin “is committed to eliminating 65% of the EPA’s wasteful spending,” she added. The head of the EPA’s largest union called ...
“To be given the opportunity to once again represent my country and the Trump Administration in a crucial diplomatic role is [a] dream come true,” Ortagus posted on social media.“The most important thing is through President Trump, we bring peace and stability to a troubled region, and ...
The criminal investigation was conducted by EPA’s Criminal Investigations Division. EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, EPA Region 8, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, the North Dakota Industrial Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Depart...
facilities. Until recently, the conventional wisdom had been that climate change regulation would arrive via new legislation, probably based on a "cap and trade" approach, rather than the 1970s' Clean Air Act, enacted to fight air pollution, such as smog, on a region-by-region basis. ...
If the federal government doesn't put in the same effort, state cleanup programs will have to decide if they'll step in to pick up the slack, added Nakayama, who served as EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “Som...
“We have a sense of urgency,” said Michael Montgomery, director of the EPA’s Region 9 Superfund division, at the meeting. He said he hoped Malibu officials would approve use of the site within 24 to 48 hours. Tara Fitzgerald, an EPA incident commander, told those at the meeting tha...
In June 2007, former EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman faced a Congressional hearing over the government's environmental response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In the days following 9/11, Whitman assured the public that the air in Lower Manhattan was safe to breathe and that residents...
--- FOR THE RECORD: River spill: In the Aug. 12 Section A, an article about the contamination of Colorado’s Animas River referred to Jared Blumenfeld as an Environmental Protection Agency spokesman. He is the EPA’s administrator for the Pacific Southwest Region. — --- See the...