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Revenge of the Obamacrats

May 24, 2020November 18, 2021Miranda Green

Obama’s top environmental official wanted nothing to do with politics after leaving the government. What did it take to bring her back? Washington legend has it that bureaucrats and political operatives overwhelmingly stay in issue advocacy or politics after their bosses leave office. But that notion is decades out-of-date. These days, many top officials who […]

Don’t Worry About Supermarket Shelves. Worry About Farmers.

March 30, 2020December 26, 2020Miranda Green

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on milk sales, the seasonal labor force, restaurant contracts, and more. For longtime central Michigan farmer Bob Thompson, the coronavirus comes at a particularly bad moment. “It has been a tumultuous period these four or five years in agriculture. It has pushed many smaller farmers to the brink of […]

How Ditching the Iowa Caucus Could Remake the Biofuels Debate

February 10, 2020November 5, 2020Miranda Green

If politicians no longer coveted that early “Iowa bump,” would they still feel compelled to support ethanol subsidies? In the wake of Iowa’s caucus vote-counting disaster, political staffers and pollsters alike are reconsidering the state’s “first in the nation to vote” status. The quaint caucuses and infamous fry-forward state fair could disappear were Iowa to […]

Trump’s order to trim science advisory panels sparks outrage

June 17, 2019December 26, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story at The Hill» Former agency heads and environmentalists are blasting a new executive order issued late Friday evening as a stealthy means to remove scientific oversight from agency rulemaking. Previous heads of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Interior Department say President Trump’s directive last week for all agencies to cut at […]

Less than 1% of EPA administrator’s meetings are with environmental groups

October 6, 2017March 16, 2021Miranda Green

Washington (CNN)–Scott Pruitt has made no secret of his interest in shaking things up at the EPA. The former Oklahoma attorney general spent years during the Obama administration challenging its regulations. Now working as administrator of the very same agency, he’s rolled back rules given more of a voice to industry players, meeting with them far more than environmental […]

EPA’s Scott Pruitt prefers meeting with Republicans, just not on Mondays

October 5, 2017November 21, 2020Miranda Green

Washington (CNN)–Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is very particular about the way he handles his job. Since taking the role, he’s enlisted a 24/7 security detail, he’s requested the construction of a soundproof booth in his office, and he prefers to work a three-day workweek and to meet with political allies. The people Pruitt […]

Trump’s EPA: Cuts, infighting and no talk of climate change

May 4, 2017November 21, 2020Miranda Green

Washington (CNN)–President Donald Trump made a campaign trail promise to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency — a department once looked to as an important national force tackling climate change — and during his first 100 days in office has held true to his word, taking swift strides towards dismantling the agency and rolling back regulations. […]