Just Five Days to Save Tough Pesticide Rule
EPA's Pruitt posted the proposed change on Monday, giving people less than a week to support strong Obama regulations on poisons.... Read more.
National Monuments on Death Watch
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is reviewing 27 national monuments and oceans preserves with an eye to opening them to energy companies.... Read more.
Forest Service Ready to Approve Controversial Arizona Copper Mine
The giant open-pit project will produce 90,000 tons of ore daily and 1.25 billion tons of waste.... Read more.
Internet Freedom For Corporations, Not People
Senators with corporate dollars in their pockets want to roll back the FCC's 'net neutrality' rule.... Read more.
New No. 2 at Interior Department Is Gunning for Endangered Species
'In his long career taking advantage of the revolving door of special interests, Bernhardt has always sided with big business.'... Read more.
Trump Takes On Foreign Steelmakers
Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross says imports are a 'national security' issue.... Read more.
DeVos Steers Education Department Without a Crew
Fourteen positions that require Senate confirmation are vacant. Six Obama holdovers are still in place.... Read more.
Congressman Prefers Bull Shit to Clean Water
A Washington state representative pushes a bill to allow manure to seep into ground water. He also wants to prevent environmental groups from suing farmers.... Read more.
Education Secretary DeVos OKs Further Gouging of Student Borrowers
She reverses an Obama policy so young people who miss payments on education loans could end up being charged fees of 16% of the total amount they owe.... Read more.
A Political Storm Rolls Out of Kansas
Democrats' efforts to chip away at the Republican-controlled House of Representatives begin with a special election in the red-state bastion. Four other states ... Read more.