If industry-backed law passes, EPA couldn't use the science behind hundreds of environmental protections
The proposed law introduced would bar the federal Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments ...
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 ...
Fired Federal Environmental Staff Back on Payroll, but Not Back to Work
"They are getting paid to not do their jobs," a watchdog group said as fired staff at environmental agencies returned to ...
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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 ...
EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants
EPA staffers have been told they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to monitor, according to multiple sources inside the agency.
EPA science office faces deep cuts, putting North Carolina jobs and research at risk
The Trump administration’s plan to cut EPA’s research arm could cost 1,000 jobs, hit Research Triangle Park, and weaken North ...
Getting paid not to work: Federal probationary workers are being reinstated but put on paid leave
Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple ...
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Ask Eartha: Why is the Environmental Protection Agency important?
Dear Eartha, Can you explain what the EPA does and why it’s important? This year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection
He unveiled the Trump administration’s widely anticipated assault on regulation on all fronts at once, announcing 31 separate ...
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 ...
Fired workers return to federal agencies — but are put on paid leave
As a result of recent court orders, federal employees are returning to their jobs — but are being put on paid leave. A ...
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Trump’s regulatory rollbacks are bad for the environment and the economy
Longer lifespans free from pollution and natural disasters do not stand in the way of progress, they are the definition of progress. Americans can still come together to work for a future that is ...