By Mindy Fischer on July 28, 2018
animals, compensatory mitigation policy, Department of the Interior, endangered animals, endangered species, endangered species habitat destruction, environment, Fish and Wildlife Service, forced industry to pay up, habitat, habitats, Interior Secretary, monetary fines, net conservation gain, Obama-era policy, policy, rule, Ryan Zinke, Service-related activities, the Endangered Species Act, this is infuriating, Trump administration ends rule that made industry pay for damages they caused endangered animal habitats, wildlife, Zinke
Conservatives, environment, GOP, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Republicans, Right Wing Hatred, Trump administration, Trump hatred, Trump supporters, Uncategorized, World News
This is infuriating. Trump is ending an Obama-era policy that forced industry to pay up when they damaged key endangered animals habitats. On Friday, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced the ending of the compensatory mitigation policy for the Endangered Species Act. “We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce we are withdrawing the […]
By Mindy Fischer on June 22, 2018
ATSDR, chemical compounds, chemicals, contaminated ground water, crisis, Department of Health and Human Services, environment, environmental disaster, EPA, even more toxic than the government originally thought, firefighting foams, government, military, military personnel and veterans, perfluoroalkyls, PFAS, poisoned, poisoning the military, Politico, pregnant women and children, ProPublica, publi relations nightmare, scandal, Scott Pruitt, study, the New Republic, the White House is trying to hide this national crisis in the military, they're far more dangerous than previously thought, toxic substances, Trump administration, truth, U.S. military bases
Corruption, environment, Health and Fitness, Human Interest, military, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Right wing lies, Trump administration, Trump lies, Uncategorized, Women's issues
If terrorists came to this country and poisoned thousands of men and women in the military, it would be a national crisis, and we’d all be ready to fight. But what happens when the terrorists doing the poisoning are actually the U.S. government? The Trump administration has been desperately trying to hide this scandal from […]
By Mindy Fischer on January 2, 2018
2018, activists, amazing, animal lovers, beached whale, breathing through its blow-hole, BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed Canada, canada, Canadians, environment, great news, happy new year, incredible, it was still moving its tail, Marine Animal Response Society, nature, New Year's Day, Nova Scotia, pilot whale, Ron Yaschuk, saved a life, social media, the crowd dug a trench, the response was amazing, the whale opened its one visible eye, they also covered the whale with blankets, whale, while we were all hungover and watching football look what these amazing people did on New Year's Day, world news
Activism, environment, great news, Holidays, Human Interest, Politics, Uncategorized, World News
These people in Nova Scotia did something really amazing on New Year’s Day. 2018 is already off to a great start! On New Year’s Day, Ron Yaschuk was walking his dog on a Nova Scotia beach when he saw something unusual in the distance. As he got closer he realized that it was a beached […]
By Mindy Fischer on May 15, 2017
California, chlorpyrifos, Donald Trump's EPA, Dow Agrosciences, Dow Chemical, environment, EPA, EPA greenlighted toxic chemical in March, farm workers, farmworkers, Kern County Public Health, Mother Jones\, now more than 50 farmworkers have been poisoned, people are being seriously hurt, poisoned, Pruitt, reckless, Scott Pruitt, set to be banned, this administration is dangerous, toxic chemical, very cozy relationship with Dow Chemical
climate change, environment, Politics, Right Wing Hatred, Trump administration
In March Donald Trump’s EPA decided to OK a very toxic chemical that was set to be banned. Now, two months later, 50 California farm workers have been poisoned. I know I keep repeating this, but this administration is dangerous. And they demonstrate that fact every day. Every. Single. Day. The EPA under Scott Pruitt […]
By Mindy Fischer on January 24, 2017
a very bad omen, air quality monitoring, banned from talking to reporters, climate change, climate change denier, contracts, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EPA's budget and their efforts, frozen all EPA grants and contracts, grants, internal memo, no press releases, Scott Pruitt, social media, this move is alarming, Trump freezes EPA grants and bans employees from talking about it
climate change, Donald Trump, environment, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Republicans
The Trump administration has frozen all EPA grants and contracts. And they have banned employees from providing updates to reporters or on social media. The latest Trump nightmare is what he’s doing to the Environmental Protection Agency. The Trump administration has placed a freeze on all EPA grants and contracts. And EPA employees have been […]
By Mindy Fischer on December 20, 2016
a 1953 law, Alaska, Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, canada, climate change, CNBC, drilling, environment, environmentalists, extremely difficult for Trump to undo, fragile and iconic Arctic Ocean ecosystem, Obama, Obama just beat Repubs at their own game, oil and gas, Permanently banning Arctic drilling ahead of inauguration, president obama, protect the environment, the outer Continental Shelf, without using executive orders
Activism, Barack Obama, climate change, environment, Partisan Politics and Policy, President Obama, World News
President Obama just made a huge move to protect the environment and permanently ban oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean. And he did it ahead of the inauguration without using Executive Orders, making it extremely difficult for Trump to undo. Still working hard for the American people and the planet, POTUS is taking […]
By Mindy Fischer on January 17, 2015
congress, environment, politics
Congress, environment, Politics
The new Republican Congress is off to a quick start this year and already working hard to push their neo-Con agenda. And one of their first orders of business is to go on offense with their anti-environment attack. As they work like puppets to protect their fossil-fuel backers, they have made it their mission to […]
