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.
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Trump administration actions contradict MAHA rhetoric on toxic chemicals
Trump says he backs the MAHA agenda which includes eliminating toxins linked to human health problems. But his administration continues to cuts funds, grants and regulations that support that goal.
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The Environmental Protection Agency delays limits on PFAS in drinking water
Federal rules to reduce the levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water are getting delayed.
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Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts
An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on bills, consumer and environmental groups said.
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NOAA employees in R.I. and Mass. fired, rehired, then fired again
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week fired its previously reinstated probationary workers, including many who worked at local facilities in Narragansett and Woods Hole. NOAA employees in Rhode Island and Massachusetts told The Publics Radio that they received a mass email on Thursday informing them their jobs had been terminated – again. The […]
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Early career scientists in Rhode Island consider leaving the U.S.
Most workday mornings, Eddie Cascella is too busy to get depressed about his career. From behind the counter at The Coffee Exchange on the East Side of Providence, the 26-year-old environmental scientist serves bags of coffee beans to a steady stream of customers. “Would you like that ground or whole bean?” he asks each customer. […]
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Thousands of federal workers now in paid limbo
In late February, President Donald Trump’s administration fired close to 24,000 probationary federal workers in the name of government efficiency. In response to a judicial order that found the mass termination unlawful, the administration began rehiring those workers and reassigning them to a form of paid leave this week. In a series of interviews, many […]
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Editor’s Note: EPA says it will roll back climate rules. That could prove complicated
Announcing big changes to environmental rules doesn’t undo facts on the ground overnight. Instead, EPA’s announcement is the first step in what is likely to be a lengthy process to remake the rules and policies it targeted.
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EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
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Why members of two of EPA’s influential science advisory committees were let go
Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency’s Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being “reset.”
