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Politics Dec 15
Interior Secretary Zinke resigning, cites ‘vicious’ attacksIn his resignation letter, Zinke said "vicious and politically motivated attacks" against him had "created an unfortunate distraction" in fulfilling the agency's mission.
Politics Dec 11
Trump administration proposing major rollback of water rulesThe Trump administration is poised to withdraw federal protections for countless waterways and wetlands across the country, making good on President Donald Trump's campaign pledge to weaken landmark water rules.
Politics Nov 16
Trump to nominate Andrew Wheeler as permanent EPA headAndrew Wheeler has served as the EPA's acting head since July.
Nation Oct 02
Trump’s EPA is moving to weaken regulation on radiation exposureThe Trump administration is turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.
Politics Sep 04
Watchdog says EPA not justified in spending more than $3.5 million on Pruitt’s round-the-clock securityThe EPA allowed Pruitt and his team to increase the security detail from six agents to 19 without proving the need, the EPA Office of the Inspector General concluded.
Nation Aug 19
US says conserving oil is no longer an economic imperativeConserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs.
Politics Aug 14
EPA says Trump’s fuel economy freeze could lead to more highway deathsInternal documents show the Environmental Protection Agency privately questioned the Trump administration's finding that freezing Obama-era mileage standards would make drivers safer.
Nation Aug 07
AP fact check: Wildfire, water experts rebut Trump’s claimsFor one thing, the wildfires are in the hills, far from the Pacific Ocean and from the man-made storage and distribution system that carries water from California's wetter north to the drier, more populated south.
Nation Jul 27
Wheeler breaks with Pruitt policy, saying EPA will enforce stricter pollution limits for glider trucksWheeler wrote in a memo that Pruitt appeared to have overstepped his authority in the July 6 order, which barred the agency from enforcing a cap imposed during the Obama administration on the annual production of higher-polluting tractor-trailers.
Nation Jul 17
EPA proposal to limit science studies draws more oppositionThe rule would allow an EPA administrator to reject study results in making decisions about chemicals, pollutants and other health risks if underlying data is not public. Opponents said it would throw out the kind of public-health studies that underlie…
