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Trump keeps trying to kill the agency that investigates chemical plant disasters
The Chemical Safety Board has issued 815 recommendations designed to prevent tragedies at oil and chemical plants.
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Toxic algae has oozed out of lakes and into Florida’s Senate race
Thank the slimeballs for injecting environmental issues into Florida's U.S. Senate race.
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Why Alaska might seriously consider a carbon tax
A price on carbon could tackle two huge problems at once: climate change and a lack of revenue.
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Trump has no standards when it comes to vehicle emissions
A proposed rule would pause Obama-era fuel economy targets, nixes California's right to set its own.
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New EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler faces first call for ethics probe after less than a month
A top Democrat urged the Office of Government Ethics to review meetings between Scott Pruitt’s replacement and his former clients.
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Andrew Wheeler is afraid to revoke California’s fuel waiver. He should be.
Rescinding California's auto standards could trap the Trump administration in court for months.
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Science-based policy for the national parks? Not on Zinke’s watch.
The Interior revoked a policy directing park officials to consider climate change in management decisions.
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The EPA is no longer run by an absurd buffoon. So how should journalists cover Andrew Wheeler?
Journalists helped bring down Scott Pruitt. But they've gone too easy on his successor.
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Scandals pile up for Interior Chief Ryan Zinke
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid at least 18 federal investigations. Zinke has tallied up nearly a dozen.
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Under Trump, public lands could see oil leases on millions of acres
The president wants to open millions of acres across the West, all owned by taxpayers, to private oil and gas companies.
