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Asbestos Kills Thousands of Americans Each Year. The EPA Wants to Finally Ban it — Again
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products that kills thousands of Americans every year
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EPA OKs Plan to Release 2.4 Million More Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
A biotech firm this week got the green light from U.S. regulators to release over 2 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and California as part of an expanded effort to combat transmission of diseases like Zika, dengue fever and canine heartworm.
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USPS Gets Final Signoff to Order New Gas-Powered Vehicles, Despite EPA Pushback
The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles.
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EPA Acts to Curb Air, Water Pollution in Poor Communities
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states
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Biden Administration Acts to Restore Clean-Water Safeguards
The Biden administration has taken action to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways
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Supreme Court Agrees to Consider EPA's Authority to Limit Greenhouse Gases
The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether one of the federal government’s plans for reducing greenhouse gases goes too far. The court agreed to take up a challenge from coal companies and energy-producing states, led by West Virginia, that say the Environmental Protection Agency was exceeding its authority to limit carbon emissions. They’re appealing a lower court’s ruling that restored some...
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EPA Bans Pesticide Linked to Health Problems in Children
The Biden administration is banning use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide that environmentalists say poses risks to children and farm workers
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Gulf of Mexico's ‘Dead Zone' Larger Than Average This Year
Researchers say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is larger than average.
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Biden's EPA to Review Manipulation of Science Under Trump
Pledging to put science above politics, the Biden administration will look back through four years of environmental policies and decisions made by the Trump administration to see where scientific data may have been manipulated or intentionally suppressed.
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Biden EPA to Reconsider Trump Rule on Lead in Drinking Water
The Biden administration is delaying the effective date of a policy intended to prevent lead pollution of drinking water.
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Biden Environmental Challenge: Filling Vacant Scientist Jobs
Federal data shows ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump.
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Judge Blocks Trump Rule to Limit Health Studies in EPA Regs
A federal judge has blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the Environmental Protection Agency may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health
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A Final EPA Rollback Under Trump Curbs Use of Health Studies
The Environmental Protection Agency has released one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration
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Biden Introduces His Climate Team, Says ‘No Time to Waste'
President-elect Joe Biden says the United States needs a unified, national response to dealing with climate change just as it has for COVID-19
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Biden Picks Regan for EPA Nominee, Haaland for Interior Head
President-elect Joe Biden says he has chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S
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5 Things to Know About Michael Regan, Biden's Pick for EPA
The North Carolina regulator negotiated what the state calls the largest cleanup agreement for toxic coal energy. Here are five things to know about Michael Regan.
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5 Things to Know About Gina McCarthy, Biden's Pick for Domestic Climate Coordinator
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Gina McCarthy as his domestic climate coordinator. Here are five things you need to know.
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Top California Air, Climate Regulator Hopes to Run Biden EPA
Mary Nichols will soon leave her job as California’s top air regulator after more than four decades of advocating for ambitious climate policies in the nation’s most populous state
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Trump Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks on Way Out the Door
Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats
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Minority Communities Question Election-Year Push by EPA
The Trump administration is drawing criticism for an election-year push to portray itself as a champion of a cleaner environment in disadvantaged communities