Environment

The emails of former EPA senior counsel Samantha Dravis show more than 90 meetings with industry, compared with one environmental or public health group.

Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has taken actions that could further undermine Oklahoma’s longstanding efforts to clean up the Illinois River.

Albert Kelly, a longtime associate of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, was overseeing the Superfund program. Last year, he was banned for life by the FDIC.

In 2014, while Scott Pruitt was attorney general of Oklahoma, the expenses of his office were almost $28 million higher than those of his predecessor.

The evidence of improprieties reflects badly on Pruitt, who shared the results of the audit with the attorney representing the trust being investigated.

Along with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, J. Steven Hart was part of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s “kitchen cabinet.”

Plaintiffs in Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, California, and Michigan successfully sued the EPA for long delays responding to civil rights complaints.

Louisiana’s bill inflicts harsh penalties for conspiracy to trespass — which can apply even if someone never sets foot on a critical infrastructure site.

The company notorious for surveilling pipeline opponents at Standing Rock was pursuing a contract to guard Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge pipeline.

For a quarter-century, Peter Wright has defended companies responsible for some of the biggest industrial disasters, including Dow Chemical and Monsanto.