All posts tagged "EPA"

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  Official: Trump Wants to Slash EPA Workforce, Budget

  The transition staff at EPA has mandated a temporary media blackout and a freeze on contracts and grants

  • Posted January 26, 2017
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  EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff

  "There's a strong sense of resistance"

  • Posted January 26, 2017
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  Trump Admin Orders EPA Contract Freeze and Media Blackout

  "This includes, but is not limited to, news releases, photos, fact sheets, news feeds and social media content,"

  • Posted January 24, 2017
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  In break with Trump, EPA pick says climate change isn’t hoax

  "I do not believe climate change is a hoax," EPA said.

  • Posted January 18, 2017
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  Trump pick to lead EPA has spotty state environmental record

  WASHINGTON — When President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency first took office as Oklahoma’s attorney general, he disbanded the unit responsible for protecting the state’s natural resources. Instead, Scott Pruitt reassigned his...

  • Posted January 18, 2017
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  Obama’s EPA moves to preserve gas mileage requirements

  Strict fuel economy requirements force the auto industry to make new cars and trucks significantly more efficient

  • Posted January 13, 2017
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  EPA awards $1.6M grant to help cut pollution in Puerto Rico

  SAN JUAN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $1.6 million grant to help cut pollution at Puerto Rico’s largest seaport and along the island’s west coast. Officials said Tuesday that $1.2 million will be...

  • Posted December 13, 2016
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  Organizations Establish United Front Against Peñuelas Coal Ash Dump

    SAN JUAN — Various organizations, politicians and community leaders who oppose the deposit of coal ash in a Peñuelas landfill announced Monday that they are launching a joint campaign against the ongoing operations of the landfill...

  • Posted December 12, 2016
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  Washington State Suing Agrochemical Giant over PCB Pollution

  SEATTLE – Washington has become the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades....

  • Posted December 9, 2016
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  Crowley Puerto Rico Joins EPA SmartWay Partnership

  SAN JUAN – Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced that its Puerto Rico liner services group has become the latest member of the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaborative effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry...

  • Posted December 5, 2016