Senate Confirms Coal Lobbyist as #2 at EPA as Trump Moves to Slash Clean Air Rules

    As EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt faces mounting criticism for a controversial condo rental and calls for his resignation, President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the agency to significantly scale back “one of the strongest science-based public health protections we have” while the Senate confirmed a former coal lobbyist to serve as Pruitt’s second-in-command. “This is…

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      When States Dream, Is Syria Their Nightmare?

      The war in Syria is a nightmare. It’s a nightmare for all the civilians who suffer from constant aerial bombardment, who are trapped without food and medical assistance inside crumbling cities, who experience the retribution of either the Islamic State or the regime in Damascus. It’s a nightmare for those who try to escape and…

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        Toulouse : Le Festival du film grolandais fête ses dix ans en mode fin du monde

        Comme il a survécu au Covid-19 et un tas d’autres choses, Fifigrot, le Festival international du film grolandais est de retour à Toulouse et consacre la « compète » officielle de sa dixième édition à la thématique de « la fin du monde ». L’événement loufoque et décalé s’est spécialisé dans les « pépites » rares venues de tout le reste du monde. Mais…

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