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Trump’s EPA to scale back water pollution rules

Dec 11, 2018

The Trump administration is scaling back existing federal protections on waterways, exposing streams and wetlands to pollution from agriculture and other sources, according to the LA Times. Internal talking ...

EPA admits its own plan to roll back regulations could lead to 1,600 deaths

West Side Story

Aug 22, 2018

Policy, Science

A report from the Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges that its own plan to roll back regulations on greenhouse gas emissions will cause up to 1,630 premature deaths by 2030, as a result of heart and lu...

EPA relaxes Obama-era regulations on coal waste storage

West Side Story

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...

Brett Kavanaugh is bad news for science and justice

West Side Story

Jul 17, 2018

Opinion

It’s official: President Donald Trump’s long-awaited pick for the Supreme Court has seen staunch conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh nominated as the next Supreme Court Justice. And it’s an appointment that does...

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. ...

EPA move to roll back chemical disaster rules faces public backlash

West Side Story

Jun 16, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to block an Obama administration regulation that would hold companies more accountable in the prevention of, and response to, chemical disasters, according to NPR...

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...

Union of Concerned Scientists to sue EPA for barring scientists from advisory boards

West Side Story

Jan 26, 2018

Policy, Science

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the EPA, over an October directive from agency chief Scott Pruitt, barring EPA-funded scientists from sitting on the agency’s advisory boards. Professor Elizabeth “Lianne” ...

While attention is focused on climate issues, Trump has also gutted basic pollution protections

West Side Story

Nov 24, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

While much attention has been paid to the Trump administration’s unraveling of Obama-era climate change policies, their attack on basic environmental protections has progresses relatively under the radar. While...

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