By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office abruptly scrubbed her state website shortly after Jan. 6 to remove mention that she was a director of a conservative dark money group tied to the infamous insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
By Eli Wolfe and Alexandra Tempus, FairWarning
When officials at the Environmental Protection Agency began investigating Freedom Performance, LLC, they didn’t have to look very hard for evidence that the company was violating the Clean Air Act. According to legal documents, the Bradenton car parts distributor literally advertised violations on its website.
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
With minimum public input, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been working for four years on a proposal that could let more cancer-causing toxins be released into the state’s surface waters. Most Floridians have been kept in the dark regarding the
By Stuart Silverstein, Fair Warning 
The Obama Administration has repeatedly trumpeted its plan to boost the average fuel economy of new cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by the 2025 model year.
In a 2011 White House news release announcing an agreement with automakers to reach the goal, President Obama called it the “the single most important step we’ve ever taken as a nation to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.” By 2025, he said, average fuel economy “will nearly double to almost 55 miles per gallon.”
By Bridget Huber, Fair Warning
Cows at a large Wisconsin dairy farm/Kate Golden, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
As factory farms take over more and more of the nation’s livestock production, a major environmental threat has emerged: Pollution from the waste produced by the immense crush of animals.
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that America’s livestock create three times as much excreta as the human population. By the agency’s reckoning, a dairy farm with 2,500 cows – which is large, but not exceptional – can generate as much waste as the people in a city the size of Miami.
