Brain Drain at the EPA

23 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News DO NOT LET RSN STRUGGLE FOR BASIC FUNDING - You collectively have the power to ensure that a truly independent voice can stand in opposition to the commercial giants. Drop your drop in the bucket. Don't wait. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Brain Drain at the EPA    Lisa Friedman, Marina Affo and Derek Kravitz, ProPublica  Excerpt: "More than 700 people have left the Environmental Protection Agency since President Donald Trump took office, a wave of departures that puts the administration nearly a quarter of the way toward its goal of shrinking the agency to levels last seen during the Reagan administration."  READ MORE 12 Things We Can Definitively Say the Russia Investigation Has Uncovered So Far  Amber Phillips, The Washington Post  Phillips writes: "To review everything we've learned about Russia this year, let's rewind to May. That was a big month President Trump, who fired his FBI director because he thought 'this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.'"  READ MORE The Real-World Consequences of 'Fake News'  Uri Friedman, The Atlantic  Friedman writes: "When Donald Trump's press secretary was recently asked to comment on a rogues' gallery of foreign leaders embracing her boss's catchphrase of 'fake news,' she essentially made the Las Vegas argument: What happens in the United States stays in the United States."  READ MORE Report Finds 327 Superfund Sites Face Climate Change, Flood Risks  David Boddiger, Splinter  Boddiger writes: "The Trump administration has gone out of its way to deny the existence of climate change and bury science warning of extraordinary risks associated with failing to take mitigative governmental action."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation