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Biden's EPA to Review Manipulation of Science Under Trump
Pledging to put science above politics, the Biden administration will look back through four years of environmental policies and decisions made by the Trump administration to see where scientific data may have been manipulated or intentionally suppressed.
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Biden EPA to Reconsider Trump Rule on Lead in Drinking Water
The Biden administration is delaying the effective date of a policy intended to prevent lead pollution of drinking water.
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Biden Environmental Challenge: Filling Vacant Scientist Jobs
Federal data shows ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump.
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Judge Blocks Trump Rule to Limit Health Studies in EPA Regs
A federal judge has blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the Environmental Protection Agency may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health
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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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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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Chesapeake Bay Advocates Push for Increased Funding
Advocates for increasing funding to protect the Chesapeake Bay were on Capitol Hill to discuss using that money to help the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program.
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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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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...