He signs an order telling the EPA to rewrite the ‘Clean Power Plan.’ The order also lifts a short-term ban on new coal mining on public lands. (Photo: Smog shrouded Los Angeles in the 1970s.)
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The anti-environment EPA chief Scott Pruitt has his sights set on efforts to combat global warming.
Democrats don’t have the votes to stop Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, but they don’t appear to have a strategy for a coordinated fight against Trump’s court pick, (Photo by Matt H. Wade)
Government offices with authority to stop dangerous business practices are doing little or nothing, except rolling back long-time policies and practices.
The Trump Administration is moving fast to let fossil fuel companies pollute as much as they want.
Trump and his new EPA head have launched an assault on the agency. First target: A proposal for safer beaches and swimming areas.
Trump’s inaction on appointments leaves the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with too few members to get its work done.
WASHINGTON — A legal fight to clean up tons of chicken manure fouling the waters of Oklahoma’s bucolic northeastern corner…