Economy Mar 30 New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort It's a move that would gut one of the nation's single-biggest efforts against climate change.
Economy Mar 27 Citing outbreak, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws The Environmental Protection Agency announced the move Thursday, saying the pandemic could make it difficult for companies to comply with public health and environment laws.
Politics Mar 24 Trump agencies push forward on rollbacks as pandemic rages The Trump administration is steadily pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks toward enactment, rejecting appeals that it slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the pandemic.
Nation Feb 19 Toxic Superfund cleanups decline to more than 30-year low The federal government wrapped up cleanups at six Superfund sites around the country in the 2019 budget year, the fewest since three in 1986, EPA online records showed.
Economy Feb 18 Trump delivers on water pledge for wealthy California farmers Conservation groups say they fear the changes will deplete water supplies and speed extinction of endangered native fish. The administration denies that.
Nation Feb 14 Trump’s $1.5 billion uranium bailout triggers rush of mining plans President Donald Trump's proposal to prop up the country's nuclear fuel industry has emboldened at least one company to take steps toward boosting operations at dormant uranium mines around the West, including outside Grand Canyon National Park.
Nation Jan 23 Trump administration set to remove protections against water pollution An announcement on a final rule was expected as soon as Thursday.
Nation Jan 09 WATCH: Trump unveils proposal that could speed up pipeline projects President Donald Trump was set to present a proposed overhaul of the half-century old National Environmental Policy Act on Thursday.
Nation Jan 02 Backlog of toxic Superfund clean-ups grows under Trump The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of money in the Obama era, according to 2019 figures quietly…
Nation Jan 01 Trump deploys more troops to Middle East after U.S. Embassy attack President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 more prepared for possible deployment in the next several days.