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Ellen Knickmeyer
February 14, 2019
EPA too slow on limiting toxic chemicals, critics say
Under pressure from Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it would move toward setting safety limits ...
Andrew Wheeler
February 14, 2019
EPA sets toxins response plan amid criticism from lawmakers
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce a plan for dealing with a class of long-lasting chemical ...
February 08, 2019
EPA enforcement drops sharply in Trump's 2nd year in office
Civil and criminal crackdowns on polluters dropped sharply in the second year of the Trump administration, according to 2018 ...
Nancy Pelosi
February 07, 2019
Unbowed by Trump, Democrats charge ahead with investigations
President Donald Trump warned Congress that investigations and legislation don't mix. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi said such ...
February 05, 2019
Nomination of acting EPA head Wheeler moves to full Senate
Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler won a Senate committee's approval of his ...
February 04, 2019
Trump to name acting Interior secretary to lead department
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is nominating David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for oil and gas companies and ...
February 02, 2019
Seal takeovers, downed trees: Parks clean up post-shutdown
National park visitors cut new trails in sensitive soil. They pried open gates while no one was watching. They found ...
February 01, 2019
Skeptic on radiation limits will head EPA radiation panel
The Environmental Protection Agency has appointed a scientist who argues for easing regulations on lower-level radiation ...
January 28, 2019
Correction: AP Poll-Climate Change story
In a story Jan. 22 looking at public views on the impact of climate change, The Associated Press erroneously reported the ...
January 24, 2019
Interior proposal to limit records requests draws challenge
Advocates for a free press are challenging an Interior Department proposal to limit requests for access to public records ...
Andrew Wheeler
January 16, 2019
Democrats hit Trump EPA nominee on coal lobbying, rollbacks
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday called climate change "a huge ...
January 15, 2019
EPA criminal action against polluters hits 30-year low
The Environmental Protection Agency hit a 30-year low in 2018 in the number of pollution cases it referred for criminal ...
Andrew Wheeler
January 15, 2019
Big winners in Trump rollback of wetlands rules? Developers
President Donald Trump pointed to farmers Monday as winners from the administration's proposed rollback of federal ...
January 11, 2019
Federal work at Superfund sites suspended during shutdown
The government shutdown has suspended federal cleanups at Superfund sites around the nation and forced the cancellation of ...
January 09, 2019
US orders refuges to staff for hunters despite shutdown
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is directing dozens of wildlife refuges to return staffers to work to make sure hunters ...
January 05, 2019
Shutdown spares federal park rangers at site in Trump hotel
Smithsonian museums are closed. There are no federal staffers to answer tourists' questions at the Lincoln Memorial.
January 02, 2019
Zoo animals still need to be fed despite government shutdown
Hungry pandas don't particularly care whether there's a partial government shutdown. The Washington National Zoological ...
January 01, 2019
Garbage, feces take toll on national parks amid shutdown
Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas were beginning to ...
December 29, 2018
Trump EPA orders rollback of Obama mercury regulations
The Trump administration has targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury ...
December 25, 2018
An icon of Christmas cheer went dark, some parks close
The lights were not twinkling. The toy trains were not whirring. Even the nearby bathrooms were locked. The national ...
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