Tag: Environmental protection

The Environmental Protection Agency is axing its key science office. Legendary scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson joins Ali Velshi to discuss what this closing means for the future. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth…

You see, he wasn’t just protecting the environment. I believe that same providence brought me into your service.” You can believe in the science of climate change if you like. So what does it say about the wizard’s strength now that Saint Scott is gone? If Trump magic can’t protect someone saving our president’s soul through the power of providence, then who is safe in Trumpland? It’s almost like there’s some invisible hand steering this bizarre sequence of hirings and firings, but we can’t figure out what the hand is trying to do. No, the enduring scar left by Scott Pruitt is the political dismantling of the EPA itself. As if by magic, the fossil fuel industry has taken over the agency that was supposed to protect our environment from the worst effects of that industry. But their new man is enough of a Washington insider to avoid the personal scandals that brought down his old boss. EPA administrator. And may providence protect whatever survives your EPA.