New EPA chief Lee Zeldin has an ambitious agenda — and a plan to keep courts from overturning it
President Trump’s first executive orders faced court challenges barely before the ink had dried. But the former Long Island ...
How Trump’s EPA Threatens Efforts to Clean Up Areas Affected Most by Dangerous Air Pollution
Donald Trump has made drastic changes to the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how they could impact efforts to reform ...
EPA warns more than 100 workers at RTP campus they could be fired at any time
About 1 in 10 employees at the large North Carolina site were told the federal agency could “immediately terminate” their ...
Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ
The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the ...
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New officials named as upheaval in EPA’s environmental justice office, federal workforce continues
The U.S. Senate confirmed leaders of several agencies this week, some of which have connections to waste. Meanwhile, ...
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After years of delays, EPA will begin partial ‘early action’ cleanup of Newtown Creek
Almost 15 years after Newtown Creek was named a federal Superfund site, the government is taking a step toward cleaning it up ...
Trump's Push to End DEI Sharply Impacts EPA's Environmental Justice Office
Staff with the EPA's Environmental Justice office were told they will be placed on administrative leave as the agency ...
Lawsuit alleges first deaths from disastrous 2023 train derailment in Ohio
A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has ...
EPA dismisses clean air, science advisory boards
The Trump administration dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory ...
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EPA Tasked With Rethinking Its Mission Under Trump Executive Orders
New EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will need to hit the ground running to keep up with the requirements and deadlines set in motion on the first day ...
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'Early Action' Plan May Spur Long Delayed Newtown Creek Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency this month finalized plans for an “early action” cleanup of one of the most polluted ...
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After years of delays, EPA moves toward partial ‘early action’ cleanup of Newtown Creek
The Environmental Protection Agency this month finalized plans for an “early action” cleanup of one of the most polluted sections of the creek, the East Branch. The roughly half-mile long, 11-acre ...