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2018 Jul 6 |
On Scott Pruitt's last working day the EPA moved to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing of a diesel freight truck that produces as much as 55 times the air pollution as trucks that have modern emissions controls. Fitzgerald Glider Kits of Crossville, Tenn., has donated tens of thousands to Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., a candidate for state governor, who had asked Pruitt to reverse an annual cap on glider manufacturers. Links: USA, Environment, EPA 
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2018 Aug 21 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released plans to replace former Pres. Barack Obama's regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants with a looser system that gives states more leeway in controlling emissions. Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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2019 Feb 28 |
The US Senate confirmed former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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2019 Jul 18 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected a key legal challenge to the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to brain damage in children. The agency said environmental groups had failed to prove the pesticide wasn't safe. Links: USA, Environment, Agriculture, Kids, EPA
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2019 Oct 30 |
In Michigan corn farmers, ethanol producers, refinery representatives, energy traders and state and local officials from the Midwest all blasted away at the Trump administration's proposed biofuels plan for next year during a public hearing hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Links: USA, Environment, Michigan, Agriculture, EPA
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2019 Dec 5 |
A report by the Environmental Integrity Project released showed some 30 states have reduced funding for pollution control programs, 16 of them by more than 20%. Forty states, meanwhile, have cut staffing at environmental agencies, half of them by at least 10%. Over the last decade, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s budget and work force have both decreased by 16%, and the Trump administration has proposed slashing the agency’s budget further while shifting more of its work to states. Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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2020 Feb 19 |
Figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency indicated that the Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the program’s first years in the 1980s. Links: USA, Environment, EPA, TrumpD
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2020 Mar 26 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency relaxed pollution rules, allowing power plants, factories and other facilities to monitor themselves for an undetermined period. Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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2020 Jun 1 |
The US EPA announced that it had limited state's ability to block the construction of energy infrastructure projects. Links: USA, EPA
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2020 Aug 10 |
The Environmental Protection Agency approved a new chemical for use in repelling mosquitos, ticks, and other disease-bearing insects. The newly approved chemical, nootkatone, is a nontoxic oil found in Alaskan yellow cedars (Cupressus nootkatensis) and grapefruits, and it is so aromatic and safe for humans it is used in foods and perfumes. Links: USA, Insects, EPA
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2020 Oct 1 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency reversed a Clinton administration-era policy that required major US sources of hazardous air pollution like arsenic and lead to maintain pollution control technology throughout the lifetime of their operation, enabling them to meet less stringent standards. Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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2020 Dec 28 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was finalizing the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes. Links: USA, Environment, Aviation, EPA
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2021 Jan 4 |
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said he has finalized a rule to limit what scientific research the agency can use to formulate regulations, in a concession to big business weeks before President Donald Trump leaves office. Under the rule, the EPA will no longer be able to rely on scientific research that is underpinned by confidential medical and industry data. Links: USA, EPA
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2021 Jan 27 |
A federal judge blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the EPA may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health. US District Judge Brian Morris in Montana delayed the rule until at least Feb. 5, giving the new Biden administration time to assess whether to go forward with it or make changes. Links: USA, Environment, EPA, TrumpD, BidenJ
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2021 Apr 26 |
The US EPA announced that it is planning to reinstate California's authority to regulate vehicle emissions. Links: USA, California, Cars, EPA
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2021 Sep 23 |
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners. Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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2022 Jun 2 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency restored the right of states and tribes to block projects on environmental grounds through the federal clean water permitting process, reversing a Trump-era effort to prevent them from doing so. Links: USA, Environment, EPA
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