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More Bad Zeldin Environmental Votes

Posted on October 12, 2017 by David Posnett

By Marc Rauch and Chelsea Estevez Since our last update in late August, fourteen bills impacting the environment have come before the House of Representatives. Lee Zeldin took the anti-environment position on 12 out of 14 of these recent bills. … Continue reading →

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The Great Lakes Are Attacking Us Now

Posted on October 5, 2017 by David Posnett

Can you really blame them? By Charles P. Pierce Original post on Esquire.com Oct 4, 2017 While the Secretary of the Interior is jetting around on our dime, and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is slow-dancing with his … Continue reading →

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East Coast Republicans join Dems to lobby Trump against Atlantic oil exploration

Posted on September 16, 2017 by David Posnett

McClatchyDC.com BY TONY PUGH   SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 5:15 PM WASHINGTON State and federal lawmakers from both parties have joined East Coast business interests to convince the Trump administration to halt its plan for fossil fuel development in the Atlantic … Continue reading →

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Poison Papers: EPA in bed with Industry

Posted on July 31, 2017 by David Posnett

Transcript From Secret Meeting Illustrates EPA Collusion With the Chemical Industry Friday, July 28, 2017 By Rebekah Wilce, The Center for Media and Democracy   (Photo: fotografixx / iStock / Getty Images Plus) The world of independent chemical testing has … Continue reading →

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Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record

Posted on July 2, 2017 by David Posnett

A great resource!   D Posnett Marc Rauch·Friday, June 23, 2017 Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record (Last Updated 6/29/17) Introduction Linked here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19e5j3Z3xupufWNReLsO-P69eL316sJDLBbf8EZDFklg/edit?usp=sharing is an easy-to-use Excel spreadsheet summarizing Lee Zeldin’s complete environmental voting record in Congress. Purpose This spreadsheet … Continue reading →

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EPA completes purge of scientists from its scientific advisory board

Posted on June 22, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted On Daily Kos By Mark Sumner Wednesday Jun 21, 2017 · 2:39 PM EDT Keep your demon science away from my agency. Scott Pruitt had already moved to replace much of the scientific review boards at the EPA with … Continue reading →

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What Climate Deniers Want Next After Winning Paris Pullout

Posted on June 19, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on Ecowatch Lorraine Chow President Trump‘s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement earlier this month was a clear winfor conservative groups and individuals that support the weakening of environmental regulations. So what do these … Continue reading →

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U.S. Refuses to Sign G7 Climate Pledge

Posted on June 13, 2017 by David Posnett

Climate Nexus Trump’s Chief Climate Denier Delivers the Coup de Grace on US Leadership on Climate Issues The U.S. refused to sign on to the full Group of Seven environment ministers statement Monday, abstaining from large sections of the final … Continue reading →

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As The World Burns

Posted on June 13, 2017 by David Posnett

Published in the June 8 edition of The Long Island Advance To the Editor of the Long Island Advance: As residents of a coastal island, living all but surrounded by water, we might expect that our Congressman, Lee Zeldin, would … Continue reading →

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Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer as Top Environmental Attorney

Posted on June 8, 2017 by David Posnett

Ever the “champion” of the environment, Trump names BP’s lawyer as the top DoJ environmental lawyer.  Want to bet that the number of cases brought goes up? Posted on Ecowatch By  Lorraine Chow President Donald Trump announced Tuesday his intention … Continue reading →

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