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A Final EPA Rollback Under Trump Curbs Use of Health Studies
The Environmental Protection Agency has released one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration
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Biden Introduces His Climate Team, Says ‘No Time to Waste'
President-elect Joe Biden says the United States needs a unified, national response to dealing with climate change just as it has for COVID-19
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Biden Picks Regan for EPA Nominee, Haaland for Interior Head
President-elect Joe Biden says he has chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S
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5 Things to Know About Michael Regan, Biden's Pick for EPA
The North Carolina regulator negotiated what the state calls the largest cleanup agreement for toxic coal energy. Here are five things to know about Michael Regan.
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5 Things to Know About Gina McCarthy, Biden's Pick for Domestic Climate Coordinator
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Gina McCarthy as his domestic climate coordinator. Here are five things you need to know.
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Top California Air, Climate Regulator Hopes to Run Biden EPA
Mary Nichols will soon leave her job as California’s top air regulator after more than four decades of advocating for ambitious climate policies in the nation’s most populous state
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Trump Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks on Way Out the Door
Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats
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Minority Communities Question Election-Year Push by EPA
The Trump administration is drawing criticism for an election-year push to portray itself as a champion of a cleaner environment in disadvantaged communities
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Chemical Company to Pay $11M to Clean Toxic NJ Site
The 350-acre site in Gloucester County was purchased from DuPont in 1952, which the EPA said disposed of lead fragments and tar in the production of aniline; chemical production company Hercules also used a section of the site to produce phenol and acetone
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Trump to Withdraw Pendley's Nomination as Public Lands Chief
A senior administration official says President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management
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Trump's EPA Dumps Methane Emissions Rule for Oil, Gas Fields
President Donald Trump’s administration is undoing Obama-era rules designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields and pipelines.
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Groups Hope New Rules Will Get Likely Carcinogen Out of New York Drinking Water
The chemical, which home filters can’t remove, is often found in baby products, shampoos, body washes and lotions, and EPA data shows public water in areas of Long Island have the highest levels of it in the country
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‘I Can't Even': Emails Reveal EPA Officials' Reaction to Trump Rant on Toilets, Showers
When the top EPA official overseeing its WaterSense program first heard President Donald Trump’s rant about toilets that must be flushed a dozen times and modern faucets that only provide drips of water, she was at a loss for words, NBC News reports.
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Hotly Contested Proposal to Build Gas Pipeline Into NYC and LI Returns
The company says the pipeline would carry enough gas to heat 2.3 million homes, but opponents say it is unneeded and will encourage the burning of fossil fuels at a time when climate change is causing serious harm
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Philadelphia Refinery Explosions Seen From Facility Cameras
Cameras inside the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery caught on video the massive blasts early June 21 from just yards away.
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Black Bear Safely Removed After Adventurous Morning in Arlington
An elusive black bear was finally cornered and safely removed after leading police and wildlife officials on a chase through a quiet Massachusetts neighborhood on Friday morning. Officials received a call Friday morning for a bear sighting in Arlington, and local police joined the Massachusetts Environmental Police in scouring the town for it.
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EPA Prosecutions of Polluters Approach Quarter-Century Lows
Criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, deepening three years of overall enforcement declines, according to Justice Department statistics. And while the administration says it’s focusing on quality over quantity in pollution cases, using its enforcement resources to go after the biggest and worst offenders, an Associated Press analysis...
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Watchdog Report Warns 60% of Superfund Sites Vulnerable to Climate Change
At least 60% of U.S. Superfund sites are in areas vulnerable to flooding or other worsening disasters of climate change, and the Trump administration’s reluctance to directly acknowledge global warming is deterring efforts to safeguard them, a congressional watchdog agency says. In a report being released Monday, the Government Accountability Office called on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler to...
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Trump Administration Eases Obama-Era Rules on Coal Pollution
The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country’s coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from coal plants and keeping them from washing into groundwater and waterways. The new proposals — the latest in a series of regulatory breaks granted by the administration...
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EPA Adds Arsenic-Contaminated Neighborhood in New York to Priority List
The Environmental Protection Agency has added a neighborhood near a former arsenic mine in Putnam County to the Superfund National Priorities List.