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Senate overturns California EPA waiver in defiance of parliamentarian
Senate Republicans voted 51-44 to overturn California’s electric-vehicle mandate via the Congressional Review Act on Thursday ...
Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed angrily with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an ...
Trump EPA chief calls Democrat "aspiring fiction writer" in fiery hearing
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin got into a tense back-and-forth with California Senator Adam Schiff over Trump's environmental ...
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EPA’s challenges grow in quest to claw back ‘gold bars’
EPA first froze the $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants in April, declaring them terminated a few weeks later.
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EPA, Energy Heads Lay Out Spending Plans With Major Cuts
Planned cuts include $15.2 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $2.6 billion from energy efficiency and ...
Adam Schiff tells EPA's Lee Zeldin he'll cause cancer after shoutfest: 'Could give a rat's a--'
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin tells Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., 'you don't care about wasting money' while defending his zero tolerance policy for waste.
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MAHA report targets chemical industry revolving door — without mentioning EPA
In between Trump administrations, multiple EPA officials represented the chemical industry, often as lobbyists, opposing EPA ...
Rep. Tom Cole fights to protect Oklahoma research from EPA cuts
The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts billions in Environmental Protection Agency funds, but Rep. Tom Cole, the top ...
EPA will roll back limits on 4 'forever chemicals.' See if they were found in your water.
Millions of Americans rely on drinking water systems that have detected these forever chemicals at levels above the ...
US EPA to rule on backlog of small refinery biofuel exemption requests, Zeldin says
The Trump administration plans to rule quickly on dozens of small U.S. refineries' pending applications for exemptions from ...
EPA will weaken rule curbing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind and reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been ...
After hailing them as important, EPA cancels PFAS research grants
Termination notices to Maine grant recipients said the work was 'no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities.' At least ...