As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain
Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into ...
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EPA seeks to “instantly terminate” $20 billion in clean energy grants
Administrator Zeldin said there will be “zero tolerance of any waste and abuse,” saying financial agreements under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund must be “instantly terminated.” ...
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EPA working to contain oil seeps in Barren County
Despite efforts to mitigate the issue, two additional oil seeps were discovered in January 2025 along a bedrock outcropping ...
EPA chief says Biden was ‘irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash,’ vows to get back $20 billion
Though he did not mention the bank by name, Citi had an agreement with the Biden administration to oversee the release of $20 ...
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Context for the Five Pillars of EPA’s ‘Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative’
Administrator Lee Zeldin announced EPA’s “Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative,” which is intended to achieve ...
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EPA places more than 160 environmental justice employees on paid leave
Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told ...
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EPA orders most workers back within weeks, breaking union covenants
The Office of Personnel Management previously issued guidance purporting to grant agencies the authority to disregard ...
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A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump
"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...
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Is There Enough Evidence of Health Risks for the EPA to Ban Paraquat?
Thousands of lawsuits cite studies linking paraquat to Parkinson’s disease. The EPA says the evidence doesn't warrant a ban ...
Donald Trump Issues New Water Standards for US: What to Know
Most notably Biden re-committed the U.S. to the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to keep global surface temperature rises below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels, though Trump ...
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‘Targeted and belittled’: scientists at US environmental agency speak out as layoffs begin
President Donald Trump and his team view the Environmental Protection Agency as a threat to US prosperity. Workers have been ...