Chart showing how Appalachian legislators voted on recent environmental legislation.
Blog Archives
Environmental Votetracker — April/May 2018 issue
Chart displays how Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding several environmental issues in February and March.
Environmental Votetracker — Dec. 2017 / Jan. 2018 issue
How Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding several environmental issues in October and November.
Senate confirms Scott Pruitt to lead EPA
As expected, the Senate has confirmed former Oklahoma attorney general and walking conflict of interest Scott Pruitt to be the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If President Trump still plans to cripple the EPA, as he repeatedly promised during his campaign, the man to lead that effort begins work on Monday.
Congress Blocks Stream Protection Rule
The Congressional Review Act, a rarely invoked procedure, was used by the U.S. Congress to strike down the Stream Protection Rule.
TAGS: 115th Congress mountaintop removal coal mining Office of Surface Mining Stream Protection Rule
Environmental Votetracker — Feb/March 2017
How Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding whether to nullify the Stream Protection Rule.
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The “Fox Guarding the Henhouse” cabinet
Many of Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees take positions that threaten public health, air and water quality, and our natural heritage, and that accelerate climate change. Appalachian Voices is joining with clean energy advocates, climate activists and public health proponents across the country in urging the Senate to stand for our health and environment and reject these nominees.
