So a lobbyist for the National Pork Producers Council shot an email to EPA's top political staffer, Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson. The reply likely inspired relief.
"What can we do to help?" Jackson asked. CONTINUE READING >>>
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CORBIN HIAR covers EPA and environmental health for E&E News, where he has worked since 2014. His reporting on the danger that oil and gas development poses to national wildlife refuges and the people who live around them won a National Press Club award for analytical reporting. He previously covered environmental policy at SNL Energy and the Center for Public Integrity and has freelanced for The Economist, Mother Jones and many other publications. As an editor, he has worked at The Huffington Post and PBS MediaShift. He has a degree in international relations from Bowdoin College. |
MIKE SORAGHAN writes enterprise and investigative stories, primarily on oil and gas drilling. Before coming to Energywire, he covered congressional leadership for The Hill newspaper and served as a Washington correspondent for The Denver Post. He has received awards from the National Press Club, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a Kiplinger Fellow in 2014 and participated in NICAR Bootcamp in 2013. He is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and a committee chairman and former board member at the National Press Club..
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A Silicon Valley clean energy company facing penalties in Delaware is also under investigation by EPA for its handling of potentially hazardous waste.
TRAINER, Pa. — EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler yesterday touted the Trump administration's environmental record at an oil refinery that has paid over $650,000 in fines due to alleged air pollution violations.
Top EPA officials, including former Administrator Scott Pruitt and outgoing air chief Bill Wehrum, were involved in efforts to revive the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery that went bankrupt last year and is now shutting down after a fiery explosion last week.
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and high-ranking aides held several off-the-books meetings with an electric utility company that EPA has for years accused of violating the Clean Air Act, according to agency documents that critics say provide an extraordinary glimpse at the way environmental enforcement can be deferred by industry players with direct access to political leaders.
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