EPA says website undergoing makeover to match Trump, Pruitt views

[rooster59]

EPA says website undergoing makeover to match Trump, Pruitt views

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks between Vice President Mike Pence (L) and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt prior to signing an executive order on "Energy Independence," eliminating Obama-era climate change regulations, during an event at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA.gov, is getting a makeover to reflect the views of President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the agency said on Friday.

 

“As EPA renews its commitment to human health and clean air, land and water, our website needs to reflect the views of the leadership of the agency,” it said in a statement.

 

Trump, a climate change doubter, campaigned on a pledge to boost the U.S. oil and gas drilling and coal mining industries by slashing regulation. He also promised to pull Washington out of a global pact to fight climate change.

 

The first page to be updated is one that reflects Trump’s executive order on energy independence, which calls for a review of the Clean Power Plan put into place by his predecessor, President Barack Obama, the statement said.

 

"Language associated with the Clean Power Plan, written by the last administration, is out of date," it said. "Similarly, content related to climate and regulation is also being reviewed."

 

The Clean Power Plan aimed to sharply reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electrical power generation over 25 years, focusing on reductions from coal-burning power plants and increasing the use of renewable energy and energy conservation.

 

“We want to eliminate confusion by removing outdated language first and making room to discuss how we’re protecting the environment and human health by partnering with states and working within the law,” J.P. Freire, associate administrator for public affairs at the agency, said in the statement.

 

The website changes will comply with agency ethics and legal guidance, including proper archiving, so a snapshot of the Obama administration’s website would remain available from the main page, the statement said.

 

In January, EPA sources told Reuters that administration officials had asked the agency to take down the climate change page on its website, and that EPA staff had pushed back in an effort to convince the administration to preserve it.

 

The page includes links to scientific research, emissions data from industrial plants and a multi-agency report that describes trends related to the causes and effects of climate change.

 

Pruitt led 14 lawsuits against the agency when he was Oklahoma's attorney general. Last month he said he was not convinced that carbon dioxide from human activity is the main driver of climate change, a position widely embraced by scientists.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-04-29

[darksidedog]

Given Trumps attitude towards the environment, I am surprised the whole site isn't being taken down.

[jollyhangmon]

What, cut down to 160-character articles ...  ... 

[ilostmypassword]

I expect that next in Trump's War on Science will be an attack on Galileo. It turns out that the Earth doesn't revolve around the Sun but rather around Donald Trump.

[Srikcir]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA.gov, is getting a makeover to reflect the views of President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

To be renamed the Elimination of Protections Agency?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Given Trumps attitude towards the environment, I am surprised the whole site isn't being taken down.

He's not just focused on taking down the website. He's focused on taking down the agency and the work it's supposed to be doing.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

13 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

To be renamed the Elimination of Protections Agency?

 

Environmental Pollution Agency???

 

Breathing coal dust?  Great for you!!!  Lead in the water?  Makes it taste better. Pesticides on/in your food?  No one likes bugs...

 

Climate change?  Note to presidential self: buy some hotels in Las Vegas, soon headed for becoming ocean front property!

 

Etc etc etc.

[Scott]

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