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The US Army Protective Services Battalion, has reportedly expanded its surveillance capabilities to include monitoring social media for threats and identifying negative sentiment towards high-ranking military officers.
The Trump administration is dismantling President Barack Obama’s climate legacy piece by piece, and this week it’s taking an axe to arguably the biggest piece. In an expected move, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt officially began the process of rolling back the incorrectly named Clean Power Plan. If the Trump administration is intent on achieving 3 percent economic growth and rescinding costly regulations that carry negligible climate benefits and if it is concerned about preserving our energy grid the Clean Power Plan is a must-go.
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In a victory for American families and consumer choice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced the agency will be revising aggressive fuel economy standards set in place by the Obama administration. Working with the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the EPA will revise efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks for model years 2022-2025. In 2012, the Obama administration aggressively and hastily ramped up the standards, which set a target for 54.5 miles per gallon for model year 2025.