Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...
EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 ...
The un-greening of the EPA has begun
"Everyone who believes the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission is in its name must make their voice heard," writes one ...
E.P.A. Offers No New Evidence in Battle Over $20 Billion in Climate Grants
Nonprofit groups have sued the agency to get access to grants approved by Congress to fund climate and clean energy projects ...
Trump’s national energy emergency still has to follow environmental protection laws
President Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency invokes the National Emergencies Act, which allows the president ...
Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in ‘green bank’ grants
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups ...
E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will ...
Inside Climate News2d
What Gutting Environmental Justice Means for the Future of the EPA
A former EPA administrator predicts worse air and water quality, concerning health outcomes, less transparency and an erosion ...
Trump's EPA Pivots to Powering Business at Risk to Environment
President Richard Nixon set a clear mission for the EPA when he created the agency in 1970: Establish and enforce standards ...
The Trump EPA’s ‘Great American Comeback’ will actually mean filthy air, dirty water, and no sanitation for rural communities
Grounded in faith, the book weaves together stories about Flowers’ family, climate change and her work on sanitation rights ...
The Revelator4dOpinion
From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public
We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration ...
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‘Most Momentous Day’ in EPA History? Spare Me.
Under Lee Zeldin, the EPA is slashing regulations, cutting its budget by 65%, and dismantling its scientific research office, increasing pollution risks. Environmental Protections Drive Economic ...