The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government’s actions to rein in climate change.
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Trump’s EPA issues record low legal actions against polluters, watchdog group finds
The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump’s second term in office.
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Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump’s EPA tried to end it
The Trump administration tried to end or privatize the government Energy Star efficiency program. But now Trump has signed a budget bill that fully funds the program and leaves it even stronger.
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The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules
The EPA won’t consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules.
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More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here’s what Louisville found
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a ‘forever chemical.’ They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.Â
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Businesses face ‘chaos’ as EPA aims to repeal its authority over climate pollution
A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments.
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EPA plans to end a program that makes solar power available to low-income Americans
The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.
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Trump’s EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA’s climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
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The EPA proposes gutting its greenhouse gas rules. Here’s what it means for cars and pollution
The Trump administration has effectively eliminated two rules designed to promote cleaner cars. Now, as the EPA suggests not considering carbon dioxide to be pollution, the last is poised to fall.
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Trump’s EPA now says greenhouses gases don’t endanger people
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States’ climate change regulations.
