Environmental Protection Agency Archives

Trump’s EPA challenges the legal basis for Obama-era mercury rule

Dec 29, 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that regulations limiting mercury and other emissions from power plants are not providing benefits worth the cost of their implementation, according to NPR. While...

Trump administration agencies issue new, dire climate change warning

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Nov 23, 2018

Environment, Science

The fourth National Climate Assessment report was released Friday, and warns that damage from climate change is already occurring across the US, according to the Washington Post. The congressionally mandated re...

Trump administration proposal would freeze rising standards for auto emissions

West Side Story

Aug 3, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

A new Trump administration proposal would cut back automobile fuel efficiency and emissions standards leftover from the prior administration, and would go even further to stop California from setting higher sta...

EPA relaxes Obama-era regulations on coal waste storage

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Jul 20, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

The Environmental Protection Agency rolled back Obama-era regulations on toxic ash from coal plants on Wednesday, according to a report from The Guardian, following through on the Trump administration's promise...

Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA chief, amid a string of scandals

West Side Story

Jul 6, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday, according to a report from CBS News. The decision followed months of controversy over ethics and corruption in his role at the EPA. ...

States suing Trump administration over EPA’s rollback of emissions standards

West Side Story

May 1, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump Administration over the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent rollback of auto emissions standards. The agency withdrew the regulations last ...

Scott Pruitt’s links to the fossil fuel industry should come as no surprise

West Side Story

Apr 7, 2018

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

The Huffington Post gained access to an internal Environmental Protection Agency email last month, calling on staff members to downplay the risks from climate change. Now, EPA chief Scott Pruitt is under fire f...

EPA to repeal Obama-era rules limiting power plant emissions

West Side Story

Oct 9, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce plans to eliminate Obama-era restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases from coal power plants. The move would roll-back a central pi...

Court rules against Trump administration in their efforts to delay methane rules

West Side Story

Oct 8, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

Another court has found that the Trump administration has acted illegally in its efforts to roll back Obama administration environmental protections. On Wednesday, a California magistrate judge ruled against...

EPA reverses plans to delay Obama-era pollution rule, following lawsuit

West Side Story

Aug 5, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

The EPA has changed plans to delay the implementation of Obama administration regulations to reduce air pollution that causes smog, following a lawsuit by 16 states. EPA chief Scott Pruitt had previously sai...

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