Videos

On its 15th anniversary in 1985, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created a twenty-minute film documenting the rationale for its creation by the Nixon administration in 1970, and…

David Stradling, historian and co-author of Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle to Save Cleveland, talked about the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire that helped…

Myron Ebell talked about the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement repealing President Obama’s signature climate change policy, the Clean Power Plan.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler spoke at a National Press Club luncheon. He talked about his agency’s priorities, the steps the U.S. is taking to improve the…

The American University Center for Environmental Policy held a roundtable discussion on what institutions will be needed to protect the environment in the future.

Three former Environmental Protection Agency administrators, William Reilly, Carol Browner, and Gina McCarthy, talked about the lessons they learned in that position and how best to…

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the agency. He talked about the agency’s plans to enforce…

State environmental officials from California, North Dakota, and Arkansas testified on air quality programs and other environmental initiatives. Witnesses assessed the current relationship between the…

Andrew Wheeler, President Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA administrator, testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Mr. Wheeler was asked about his…

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testified on his agency’s priorities, his first congressional appearance since taking over following Scott Pruitt’s resignation on July 6, 2018. Mr. Wheeler was pressed by committee members on the…

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler addressed employees for the first time since taking over the agency on July 9, following the resignation of Scott Pruitt. Acting Administrator…

Following opening remarks, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke at the 2018 Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. He talked about some of the changes taking place at his agency. After his…

Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy said she is confident that much of the work done during her tenure at the EPA will remain despite proposed rollbacks…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt testified at a Senate hearing on his agency’s budget request for fiscal year 2019. While most Republican members of the panel…

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of rural America. Secretary Perdue discussed U.S.-China trade relations, rural broadband…

State environmental regulators testified at a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing on the relationship between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and their states…

EPA Administrator testified at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his agency’s budget request for fiscal year 2019.

Natural Resources Defense Council’s Bob Deans talked about Scott Pruitt’s tenure as EPA administrator and NRDC’s environmental and legislative priorities.

At her weekly briefing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed the implications of the potential firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller by President Trump, what she called graft and corruption…

Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a revoke of emissions standards implemented by the Obama administration, calling them “inappropriate and…