Jul 01 Trump fast-tracks environmental rollbacks to deliver on campaign promises By Courtney Norris, Alex D'Elia As the nation grapples with a pandemic and continued protests against systemic racism, calling for police reform, President Donald Trump is rolling back environmental regulations in an effort to deliver on some of his major campaign promises as November nears. Continue reading
May 29 AP report: Top U.S. official misused office to get son-in-law job By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Investigators in a report obtained by The Associated Press say a senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading
Apr 23 Supreme Court rejects EPA’s narrow view of Clean Water Act By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when they send dirty water on an indirect route. Continue reading
Apr 17 White House moves to weaken EPA rule on toxic compounds By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Documents released Friday show the White House stepped in to limit the scope of a pending rule that would target imports of products tainted with a toxic industrial compound. Continue reading
Apr 16 EPA guts rule credited with cleaning up coal-plant toxic air By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The Trump administration on Thursday gutted an Obama-era rule that compelled the country's coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury and other human health hazards. Continue reading
Mar 27 Citing outbreak, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 19 Farm, ethanol groups angered at final EPA ethanol rule By David Pitt, Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency released its final renewable fuel standard but it did not include language that President Donald Trump agreed to in meetings with industry officials, Iowa’s governor and congressional representatives during September and October. Continue reading
Nov 21 EPA prosecutions of polluters approach quarter-century lows By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Justice Department figures show criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Trump must turn over tax returns to NY, says appeals court In our news wrap Monday, a New York federal appeals court ruled President Trump’s 2011 tax returns must be turned over to state prosecutors, as part of an investigation into payments to two women claiming affairs with Trump. Also, Iran… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 6:17 News Wrap: Zelenskiy denies Trump tried to blackmail him In our news wrap Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied President Trump sought to blackmail him over military aid to Ukraine. Zelenskiy also vowed that his country would investigate whether Ukraine interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Meanwhile, Apple… Continue watching