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 ...
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Trump taps EPA Pacific Northwest boss
President Donald Trump has chosen his EPA leader to watch over the Pacific Northwest. Emma Pokon will be EPA Region 10 ...
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Is northwestern Colorado the next nuclear waste site?
Parker Yamasaki covers arts and culture at The Colorado Sun as a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow and former Dow ...
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Environmentalists in NY uneasy as Zeldin takes lead at EPA
Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin has been confirmed as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, ...
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Alaska environmental commissioner picked for Trump administration EPA post
Emma Pokon, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, was named to lead EPA's Pacific Northwest regional ...
The L.A. wildfires left neighborhoods choking in ash and toxic air. Residents demand answers
Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home, she returned, donning a white hazmat ...
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Kansas City has nearly 30,000 federal workers put at risk by Trump's workforce purge
The federal government is by far Kansas City’s largest employer and a major economic engine, with agencies like the IRS, EPA, ...
Head of Alaska environmental conservation agency named regional EPA administrator under Trump
The head of Alaska's state environmental conservation department has been tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Emma Pokon, ...
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After years of delays, EPA moves toward partial ‘early action’ cleanup of Newtown Creek
Within days, the Lisa Garcia, the former head of EPA Region 2 — which includes New York and New Jersey — was replaced by former Republican state Senator Mike Martucci. Garcia is an environmental ...
Is it safe to breathe in L.A.? Lawmakers call for federal action to monitor wildfire pollutants
Toxic chemicals from L.A.'s fires are going underreported and pose serious long-term risks, a group of lawmakers says. They ...
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Flint water crisis lawsuit against EPA can move forward, federal judge rules
A judge has rejected the federal government’s claim that it can’t be held responsible for failed oversight during the Flint water crisis. U.S. District Court Judge Linda V. Parker issued the ruling in ...
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Environmental workers race to clear toxic debris left by LA fires
ALTADENA, California - First there were the fast-moving, devastating fires. Now, amid the ruins of homes burned to the ground in the Los Angeles area blazes this month, workers are starting the ...