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EPA Administrator to visit Indianapolis to ‘propose one of the largest deregulatory actions in US history’
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is slated to visit Indianapolis Tuesday. In a post on ...
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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin moves to rescind ‘legal foundation for all US greenhouse gas regulations’
The article on the front page of The New York Times this week began: “Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday that the Trump administration would revoke ...
EPA chief Zeldin delivers dagger to the heart of Obama's climate change agenda on ‘Ruthless’ podcast
EPA's Lee Zeldin will repeal of Obama-era endangerment finding that classified carbon dioxide as a pollutant, projecting job ...
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Amid environmental rollbacks, some in Boston’s EPA office aren’t happy to see their agency chief
Lee Zeldin visited the New England EPA office the day after announcing plans to revoke the legal basis for EPA's ability to ...
EPA suspends and investigates around 140 employees who signed a letter critical of the agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave days after they signed a public letter expressing concern about the treatment of federal employees and the ...
The Trump administration is gutting EPA’s research arm. Can California bridge the gap?
Officials with a small but mighty California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said they ...
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Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent’
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin were among 17 lawmakers who signed a letter urging the Trump administration to ...
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A former EPA administrator on the future of the agency
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA administrator, about the future of the agency under President Trump.
EPA pushes back rollout of methane emission rule for oil and gas
The Environmental Protection Agency said it is delaying the implementation of a Biden administration rule that aims to reduce ...