(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — When members from Trump’s team announced rollbacks of the Clean Water Act (CWA) on Jan. 23, 2020, EnviroNews immediately reached out to, and interviewed, two of the nation’s heaviest hitters in the fight to protect America’s vital water resources: Erin Brockovich and Robert F….
(EnviroNews Politics Desk) — Video footage from an interview in 2008 between President Donald Trump and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer has resurfaced and is raising eyebrows across the country. In the segment, Trump says he “[likes] Nancy Pelosi a lot,” that she should have impeached President George W. Bush…
(EnviroNews Politics Desk) — Washington DC — On September 24, 2019, NBC News reported that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is expected to announce the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump later today at a press conference scheduled for 5 pm EST at…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Washington DC — Signed into law in 1973 by President Richard Nixon, the Endangered Species Act (ESA/the Act) is bar none, one of the most popular pieces of legislation in America. But that hasn’t stopped the Trump Administration from attempting to undermine and…
(EnviroNews California) — A serial killer of wild burros is on the loose in California’s Mojave Desert and a $58,500 reward has been offered up for information leading to the donkey shooter’s identity and whereabouts. 42 of the beloved creatures have been gunned down since May in the…
(EnviroNews Politics) — Washington D.C. — It took only 173 days, but it has finally happened: the first article of impeachment has been filed against Donald J. Trump, forty-fifth President of the United States of America. The bill, House Resolution 438 (H.R. 438), was introduced by two House…
(EnviroNews Political Desk) — Washington D.C. — Will the Washington Post (WaPo) bring down another sitting U.S. president? The venerable newspaper’s historic reporting by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the Watergate scandal, eventually leading to impeachment proceedings and the ultimate resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in…
(EnviroNews Oregon) — Washington D.C. — On March 30, 2017, Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced the Chemical Poisons Reduction Act of 2017 (H.R. 1817), which seeks to ban the use of two deadly poisons, Compound 1080 and sodium cyanide, for predator control efforts throughout the United States. These…
(EnviroNews Nature) — Washington D.C. — On Feb. 15, 2017, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a hearing called, “Oversight: Modernization of the Endangered Species Act.” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman of the EPW, held this two-hour hearing to explore “the need to modernize…
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