Mustafa Ali, EPA’s Environmental Justice Head Quits Over Trump’s Climate Policies

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The head of the EPA’s environmental justice program resigned Thursday over concerns President Donald Trump might slash funding for the 24-year-old project.

Mustafa Ali, a former senior to the administrator responsible for directing the agency’s actions protecting minority communities, stepped down in a letter to EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. He also voiced concern the Pruitt plans on gutting the project.

Recent reports indicate Trump will cut the EPA’s $8 billion budget by $2 billion and cut the agency’s beefy staff by 20 percent. Funding for Ali’s department in particular would decrease 78 percent, from $6.7 million to $1.5 million, according to a report published earlier this week by The Oregonian.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/e...d-quits-over-trumps-climate-policies/?print=1

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Environmental Justice for minorities????

Self-draining swamp!

Buh-bye!

 

[Steeltime]

1 down, 3 million to go.

 

[hamster]

Have a nice day. See ya.

 

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House committee passes two EPA science bills

The House Science Committee on Thursday approved two bills to reform how the Environmental Protection Agency conducts scientific research.

The committee, led by Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), approved a bill requiring the EPA to publicly release scientific research it uses to write regulations.

He said the legislation would end the EPA’s use of “secret” science and “ensure sound science is the basis for EPA decisions and regulatory actions.”

“The days of trust-me science are over,” he said. “In our modern information age, federal regulations should be based only upon data that is available for every American to see and can be subjected to independent review. That’s the scientific method.”

Members also approved legislation from Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) to overhaul the EPA’s Science Advisory Board by opening it up to new membership, requiring more information from its members and expanding public comment on its actions.

“We must reaffirm the board’s independence so that the public can be confident policy decisions are not hijacked by a pre-determined political agenda,” he said.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/323161-house-committee-passes-two-epa-science-bills

 

[Steelin]

Trust me science? WTF. Drain drain drain.

 

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97% of Republicans cheer

 

[madinsomniac]

97% of Republicans cheer

A majority of independents too... epa regs sometimes were based off of statements like" according to studies this action will prevent 100,000 cases of asthma " ... totally unprovable and in many cases a grand stretch at best...

 

[DBS1970]

A majority of independents too... epa regs sometimes were based off of statements like" according to studies this action will prevent 100,000 cases of asthma " ... totally unprovable and in many cases a grand stretch at best...

Indeed.

Plus the fact that under our federal system the federal government has no right to regulate anything inside the borders of the sovereign states.