May 31 Watch 12:06 What leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the world By PBS News Hour President Trump tweeted Wednesday that his decision on the Paris Accord will come “over the next few days,” an announcement that arrives after weeks of signaling he may walk away from the deal. The pact was signed in 2015 in… Continue watching
May 26 Trump administration seeks to slash EPA science office By Lisa Song, ProPublica The EPA's Office of Research and Development has been at the front lines of virtually every environmental crisis. The Trump administration wants to cut its funding in half. Continue reading
Mar 26 EPA chief: Trump to undo Obama plan to curb global warming By Associated Press The head of the EPA says says President Donald Trump in the coming days will sign an executive order that unravels his predecessor's plan to curb global warming. Continue reading
Mar 15 Trump set to challenge Obama-era fuel standards in Detroit By Associated Press Moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental rules, President Donald Trump is set to announce in Michigan plans to re-examine federal requirements that regulate the fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks. Continue reading
Mar 14 EPA delays chemical storage rule amid terrorism fear By Associated Press The Trump administration is delaying a new rule tightening safety requirements for companies that store large quantities of dangerous chemicals. The rule was imposed after a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded in 2013, killing 15 people. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 3:54 Pruitt dismisses climate science, environmental policy in flux By PBS News Hour Scott Pruitt, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, defied longstanding scientific consensus in an interview this week when he said that neither human activity nor carbon dioxide emissions are the primary cause of global warming. Pruitt has stacked… Continue watching
Mar 09 EPA environmental justice head resigns By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s office on environmental justice has resigned in protest over the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding for programs that help poor and minority communities nationwide. Mustafa Ali, an associate assistant EPA… Continue reading
Mar 09 EPA chief: Carbon dioxide not primary cause of warming By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 5:09 Trump administration freezes Obama rule on water protection By PBS News Hour EPA chief Scott Pruitt recently promised an aggressive rollback of regulations that had been put in place by former President Obama, and President Trump made good on Pruitt’s promise with an order to dismantle a rule about smaller bodies of… Continue watching
Feb 22 New EPA chief Pruitt cozy with fossil fuel industry, emails reveal By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen, Associated Press More than 7,500 pages were released under court order Tuesday evening after an Oklahoma judge ruled that Pruitt had been illegally withholding his correspondence. Continue reading