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Scott Pruitt is nominated to head the Environmental Protection Agency

Without Scott Pruitt on the ground at the Environmental Protection Agency to provide the appropriate set of alternative facts, theres a chance someone at the EPA might reveal an actual fact. AndDonald Trump ishaving none of that.

And while the flow of information out of the EPA has been locked down, its far more than press releases that have ceased to flow.

EPA staff has been instructed to freeze all its grants an extensive program that includes funding for research, redevelopment of former industrial sites, air quality monitoring and education, among other things and told not to discuss this order with anyone outside the agency, according to a Hill source with knowledge of the situation.

These grants powereverything from sampling pollution around Superfund sites to community recycling programs and environmental education programs used in schools. The grant lockdownfollows reports that Trump intends to cut $815 million from the EPAs budget,destroying not only the ability to fund research, but to enforce existing standards.

Requests for commentfrom the EPA drew noresponse. Of course.

Link:
EPA under a gag order as Trump team shuts down grants, press communication - Daily Kos