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EPA’s Social-Media Accounts Have Been Silent Since The Inauguration

"Nearly a month after the presidential inauguration — and after being subject to temporary media blackout shortly thereafter — the Environmental Protection Agency has remained silent on social media, even while other federal agencies have gone on communicating as usual. In fact, the agency has posted nothing on its official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts since Jan. 19, the day before President Trump was sworn into office."

Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2017

"E.P.A. Workers Try to Block Pruitt in Show of Defiance"

"Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency have been calling their senators to urge them to vote on Friday against the confirmation of Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s contentious nominee to run the agency, a remarkable display of activism and defiance that presages turbulent times ahead for the E.P.A."

Source: NY Times, 02/17/2017

As Confirmation Nears, Judge Orders EPA Nominee To Release Emails

"An Oklahoma judge on Thursday ordered Scott Pruitt, the state’s attorney general and President Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, to turn over thousands of emails related to his communication with the oil, gas and coal industry."

Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2017

Senate Set To Approve Trump EPA Pick As White House Targets Regulation

"The U.S. Senate is expected to approve President Donald Trump's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the objections of Democrats and green groups worried he will gut the agency, as the administration readies executive orders to ease regulation on drillers and miners."

Source: Reuters, 02/17/2017

"Melania Trump Says She'll Keep Michelle Obama's Garden"

"Michelle Obama’s garden stays. First lady Melania Trump says through a spokeswoman that she is committed to preserving gardens at the White House, including the bountiful one planted by her immediate predecessor."

Source: CBS News/AP, 02/16/2017

Likely Trump Science Adviser Calls Climate Scientists 'Glassy-Eyed Cult'

"William Happer, frontrunner for job of providing mainstream scientific opinion to officials, backs crackdown on federal scientists’ freedom to speak out". "The man tipped as frontrunner for the role of science adviser to Donald Trump has described climate scientists as 'a glassy-eyed cult' in the throes of a form of collective madness."

Source: Guardian, 02/16/2017

"Collins To Vote Against Trump’s EPA Pick"

"Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will vote against confirming President Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Source: The Hill, 02/16/2017

"Scientists' Group Launches Website to Help Federal Whistleblowers"

"Fearing an assault on science from the Trump administration, the Union of Concerned Scientists is creating a way for federal scientists to report abuses."

Source: InsideClimate News, 02/16/2017

"Absent Federal Policy, States Take Lead on Animal Welfare"

"In the opening weeks of the Trump administration, the state of animal welfare—as with so much other policy—is in upheaval. On February 9, the administration froze the implementation of the just-passed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP)—the only comprehensive federal law that regulates the welfare of animals raised for food."

Source: Civil Eats, 02/15/2017

EPA Veterans Mobilize to Defend Agency's Work, Bracing for Trump Impact

"Retired and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are banding together in rare activism to defend colleagues still working for the agency, as fears of deep layoffs, regulatory rollbacks and science suppression spread through the federal ranks."

Source: InsideClimate News, 02/15/2017

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