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Environment

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Scott Pruitt’s tenure at the EPA and the mounting scandal

Guest: Lisa Friedman Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt has come under fire for a number of ethics ...

Air Date: April 9, 2018

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
Money

AP reports EPA’s Pruitt spent millions on security, travel

The agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time detail.

8 years ago

Albatross birds are among the largest sea birds. (Image from Albatross documentary)
Arts & Entertainment

Documentary ‘Albatross’ shows how our obsession with plastic is killing this bird

The film, screening April 14, will be a featured selection of this year’s Princeton Environmental Film Festival.

8 years ago

Across Europe, laws on fracking vary. In 2016, after years of debate over environmental concerns and economic interests around fracking, Germany banned some forms of it. Environmentalists are calling for a total ban. (Robin Wood/flickr)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

‘The Shale Dilemma’ goes global: Author discusses shale gas development across the world

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.

8 years ago

United States Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks at an offshore winds energy forum Friday, April 6, 2018, in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The secretary noted there is
Politics & Policy

Interior secretary: ‘Opposition’ to offshore drill plan

"There is a lot of opposition, particularly off the East Coast and the West Coast, on oil and gas," Zinke said.

8 years ago

Scientists have been studying the link between climate change and extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy, which left more than 1.3 million Pennsylvanians in the dark in 2012. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Poll: Climate change causing problems for significant number of Pennsylvanians

Across Pennsylvania, four in 10 registered voters say they have personally experienced problems related to climate change.

8 years ago

La Finquita farm stand, Summer 2014
PlanPhilly
Community

City failing to deliver on community garden promises

“We’re on a crisis right now,” said Lan Dihn, a member of Philadelphia’s Food Policy Council’s urban agriculture subcommittee and farm director at VietLead

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
NPR
Politics & Policy

EPA chief Pruitt faces mounting scrutiny for ethics violations

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

While legislation stalls in Pennsylvania, West Virginia acts on natural gas royalties

8 years ago

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
PBS
Politics & Policy

Trump tells embattled EPA head: ‘We’ve got your back’

8 years ago

In this April 23, 2010 photo, a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. (Ralph Wilson/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Poll: Public concern grows over natural gas industry’s environmental impact

8 years ago

Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. in 2016.The Obama administration moved to nearly double fuel-economy standards by 2025, but the EPA now is moving to weaken them.
NPR
Politics & Policy

EPA moves to weaken landmark fuel efficiency rules

The Trump Administration today moved to weaken fuel economy standards for automobiles, saying the current ones are inappropriate and wrong.

8 years ago

Workers and contractors for Sunoco Pipeline begin an ‘additional investigation’ of geological conditions behind homes at Lisa Drive, West Whiteland Township, Chester County where the company has been drilling for construction of the Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco to residents near sinkholes: We’ll pay to relocate you during investigation

Sunoco is offering to relocate residents at a Chester County site where drilling for the Mariner East pipelines has caused sink holes to open up in recent weeks.

8 years ago

The female Anopheles mosquito is a spreader of malaria. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

What if a drug could make your blood deadly to mosquitoes?

Imagine this: A pesky mosquito sips some of your blood. Hours later, the blood-sucker drops dead, poisoned by the very blood it just slurped down.

8 years ago

The Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
Community

Pa. group calls for higher penalties for Clean Water Act violators

A report by PennEnvironment ranks Pennsylvania second in violations nationwide.

8 years ago

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