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The EPA Is a Prime Candidate for Reform by the Trump Administration

The federal agency has a history of overreaching its authority and threatening liberty.

Reason

Lawmakers may reset the Congressional Review Act clock to reverse EPA waivers - Roll Call

Time is running out for Congress to roll back EPA regulations under a little-used law, but Republicans are talking about resetting the clock.

Roll Call

Americans’ health at risk as Trump cuts EPA staff to 1980s levels, experts warn

Advocacy groups say gutting EPA’s scientific research arm would turn it into a purely political agency

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EPA announces broad reorganization that includes shuffle of scientific research

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a broad reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s drive to cut costs that some activists worry will harm the agency’s independent scientific research

The Independent UK

During final Fox appearance before ouster, Mike Waltz congratulated colleague on ‘last day’

Minutes after Mike Waltz’s interview on Fox News ended, it was first reported that he was out as Trump’s national security advisor

The Independent UK

‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environment

Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world – from ‘drill, baby, drill’ to mass firings

The Guardian - US

Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits

The Trump administration is expected to soon say whether it intends to stand by strict drinking water standards for forever chemicals set last year

The Independent UK

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EPA plans action to address PFAS, including 'polluter pays' - Roll Call

The EPA announced steps to address "forever chemicals" including a plan to ensure that liability adheres to the “polluter pays” principle.

Roll Call

EPA chief demands that Mexico stop Tijuana sewage from flowing into California

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says his agency will be providing Mexico a list to complete to stop the flow of sewage from Tijuana

The Independent UK

Earth Day marks the chance to help save the planet. The environment was already on the edge before Trump took office

Scientists are calling for rapid action to curb emissions as the Trump administration embraces the fossil fuel industry

The Independent UK

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current regulations in an effort to loosen standards originally imposed to protect the environment and public health. But it’s not as simple as Trump and Zeldin just saying so.

The Conversation

Trump’s EPA to stop greenhouse gas data

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move, likening it to turning off a patient's life support monitor

Salon

This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it

Outdoor enthusiasts are worried about the loss of their favorite vistas as President Donald Trump's administration considers weakening a 26-year-old rule designed to improve visibility over national parks and wilderness areas

The Independent UK

EPA to review ‘new science’ on fluoride as RFK Jr. reportedly tells CDC to stop recommending it

Experts say taking fluoride out of drinking water would degrade public health

The Independent UK

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Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene

Latin Times

California Supervisor Slams Mexico Over Imminent Dump Of Sewage Water: 'It's Time For Federal Action'

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said Mexico will "dump" 400 million gallons of sewage water into the Tijuana River next Monday

The Independent UK

Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday questioned a Department of Justice attorney over whether the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it terminated $20 billion in green bank grants allegedly without following the proper process

The Independent UK

The Latest: Trump to roll out new tariffs that he promises will free the US from foreign goods

President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs he promises will free the United States from foreign goods

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EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency's one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year in operating costs

The Guardian - US

‘A pandemic-level shock to the system’: RFK Jr’s old environmental group weighs EPA cuts

Head of Riverkeeper, which helped clean up Hudson River, talks about challenges during the second Trump term

The Independent UK

EPA offers industrial polluters a way to avoid rules on mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals

As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance to receive exemptions from rules requiring them to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals, including mercury, arsenic and benzene

The Guardian - US

US could see return of acid rain due to Trump’s rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it

Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’

The Conversation

Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare.

Roll Call

Judge blocks EPA effort to cancel billions in climate grants - Roll Call

A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the EPA from canceling Biden administration climate grants issued from a $20 billion program.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘People will be hurt’

Moves to roll back 31 pollution regulations risk public health and big annual healthcare savings, Guardian analysis shows

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