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The Trump administration may be subverting a new bipartisan chemical safety law
Last year, Democratic and Republican members of Congress congratulated each other for what they considered to be a miracle: passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century...
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15 states are suing over the Trump administration's delay of Obama-era...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys general from 15 states filed a legal challenge on Tuesday over the Trump administration's delay of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of smog-causing air pollutants.The...
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EPA chief Scott Pruitt reverses decision to delay rules on emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after getting sued by 15 states, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is reversed his decision to delay implementation of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of...
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An upcoming report contradicts statements by Trump administration officials...
A new government report that's part of the National Climate Assessment provides an updated look at what we know about climate change.It says the world is significantly warmer than it used to be and...
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Pruitt's EPA isn't collecting millions of dollars from polluters — here's how...
The EPA under Administrator Scott Pruitt is punishing far fewer polluters than the last three administrations did.That's partly because Pruitt has told his team he wants to keep the agency's decisions...
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Hurricane Harvey floods toxic waste sites — and the EPA is missing in action
HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey’s floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old...
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EPA blasts Associated Press journalist over report about Houston superfund sites
The Environmental Protection Agency on Sunday released a lengthy statement condemning a recent Associated Press report that said the regulator was nowhere to be found at dangerous, potentially toxic...
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EPA official says the agency has shrunk to Reagan-era levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The workforce at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on course to fall to its lowest level since Ronald Reagan was president, an agency official said on Tuesday.In June,...
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Trump did a 180 on Harvey and Irma after he was asked about climate change
President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed a link between climate change and the two hurricanes that recently pummeled the United States."We've had bigger storms than this," Trump told reporters...
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VA Secretary David Shulkin's 10-day European trip with his wife being...
The Department of Veterans Affairs' internal watchdog has launched an investigation into a 10-day, taxpayer-funded trip taken by Secretary David Shulkin and his wife earlier this summer.Shulkin came...
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EPA chief Pruitt is killing the centerpiece of Obama's climate-change arsenal
President Donald Trump's administration plans to kill the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate-change action.The Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, on Monday said...
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Vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what America looked like before...
The Trump administration plans to kill the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's main initiative to fight climate change by lowering emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency's...
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'A reckless and dangerous decision': The EPA has begun rolling back one of...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt proposed a new rule on Tuesday that would repeal the Clean Power Plan, a major policy of former President Barack Obama.Pruitt determined that...
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Trump Cabinet members have racked up millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded...
President Donald Trump's administration is under increasing scrutiny following reports of the extravagant, taxpayer-funded travels of numerous White House officials.At least five investigations into...
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Vintage EPA photos reveal what New York City looked like before the US...
New York City produces twice as much trash as any other mega-city on Earth, according to a recent study. The Environmental Protection Agency has described Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal as "one of the...
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Scott Pruitt is ending an EPA policy known as 'sue and settle' to give green...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a directive to his agency on Monday seeking to end the practice of settling lawsuits with environmental groups behind...
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EPA cancels appearance by scientists at climate change conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has canceled plans for three of its scientists to speak on climate change at a conference in Rhode Island on Monday, an official said on...
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GOP senators advance controversial EPA nominees who took money from fossil...
A Senate committee voted to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency.Democrats pointed to the nominees' past work for corporate clients they would now...
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The EPA may ban some scientists from its independent advisory boards
Scientists who won EPA research grants under previous presidential administrations may soon be barred from serving on the agency's independent advisory panels.The move could make it easier to install...
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One of the EPA's newest science experts thinks ‘modern air’ is too clean to...
The Environmental Protection Agency's Scientific Advisory Board makes sure the science the agency uses for key policy decisions is sound.Administrator Scott Pruitt banned some scientists from serving...
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