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US EPA moves to approve dicamba weedkiller use on cotton, soybeans
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed approvals for three products containing the weedkiller dicamba ...
Trump admin will soon propose to kill EPA’s ability to make rules about climate pollution, sources say
Known as the “endangerment finding,” the 2009 declaration has served as the basis for federal rules limiting greenhouse gas ...
Daily on Energy: Big transmission updates, EPA closes in on Endangerment Finding, and Equinor out $1b
Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, readers! Transmission is on everyone’s mind in Washington D.C. today, from the Capitol to all the way down Independence Avenue to the Department of Energy. Democrat ...
US EPA to withdraw foundation of greenhouse gas rules, sources say
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger ...
EPA Says It's Slashing Nearly Quarter of Staff, Closing Research Department
In a statement on Friday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said that the mass layoff and office closure will still allow the ...
Vintage photos show how American cities looked before the EPA regulated water and air pollution
Federal actions like the 1970 Clean Air Act and the 1972 Clean Water Act helped regulate water and air pollution.
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This EPA research office safeguarded Americans’ health. Trump just eliminated it
The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to ...
Courts banned this herbicide twice. The EPA wants to bring it back.
The EPA announced Wednesday its plan to re-register dicamba, a herbicide widely used on soybean and cotton farms that has been banned twice by federal courts.