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Environment Government Health 

New Health Study Hurdles Put in Place as Final Bow for Trump EPA

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 ALEXANDRA JONES
endangered species, EPA, pesticides, Research, transparency

Tying a bow on four years of deregulation, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency finalized a transparency rule Tuesday that will exclude the anonymized data long instrumental in curbing pollution.

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Environment Government Health 

EPA Ordered to Close Asbestos Reporting Loopholes

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
Asbestos, EPA, Trump administration

Rejecting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s position that it has everything it needs to assess the risk posed by asbestos, a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the agency to start collecting more data on how much is made, imported and put into U.S. products.

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Environment Government 

New York Leads Multistate Lawsuit Against EPA Pesticide Rule Changes

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 EMILEE LARKIN
EPA, New York, pesticides

New York officials announced Friday they are leading a coalition of five states in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the agency illegally weakened protections for farmers from pesticides.

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Environment Government National 

Biden Taps North Carolina Environmental Regulator to Head EPA

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
Biden administration, EPA, North Carolina

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday picked North Carolina’s top environmental regulator to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, which became known for rolling back regulations under the Trump administration.

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Civil Rights Government 

EPA Can’t Claw Back Names of ‘Happy Hour’ Oil Lobbyists

December 9, 2020December 11, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
EPA, FOIA, lobbying, oil

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot claw back documents it disclosed by mistake revealing the names of oil lobbyists who planned a chummy “happy hour” outing with senior EPA officials, a federal judge has ruled.

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Environment Financial Health National 

EPA Strikes Lives Saved as Intangible Benefit in Pollution-Control Studies

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 ALEXANDRA JONES
EPA, pollution, regulation, Trump administration

No longer counting tangential benefits in cost-benefits analyses for pollution controls, the Environmental Protection Agency adopted a rule change Wednesday expected to impede clean-air efforts.

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Environment Government Health Politics 

EPA Finalizes Lax Pollution Rules Linked to Tens of Thousands of Deaths

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 ALEXANDRA JONES
air, EPA, pollution, Trump administration

In the midst of a respiratory pandemic, the Trump administration is expected to announce Monday that it will not set tougher standards on the U.S.’s most widespread deadly air pollutant, soot.

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Environment Government Health 

EPA Proposes New Rules for Farmers Using Dangerous Insecticide

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 ALEXANDRA JONES
Agriculture, EPA, farming, pesticides, regulation

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new restrictions Friday on a dangerous insecticide that it opted not to ban outright last year.

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Business Environment Government National 

Feds Won’t Require Insurance for Pollution Cleanup

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
chemicals, coal, EPA, Insurance, Oil and gas, toxic waste, Trump administration

Sparking criticism from environmentalists, the outgoing Trump administration said Wednesday it will not require power plants, chemical manufacturers and oil and gas producers to have insurance covering toxic waste cleanups.

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Appeals Government 

Trump Evisceration of Clean Water Act by Definition of Navigable Waters Argued

November 18, 2020November 19, 2020 AMANDA PAMPURO
10th circuit, Clean Water Act, colorado, EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday asked the 10th Circuit to restore its narrow definition of water protected by the Clean Water Act, struck down at Colorado’s request by a federal judge.

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Government Health Law 

Trump’s EPA Defends Asbestos Reporting Loopholes in Court

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
Asbestos, EPA, Justice Department

Despite identifying major gaps in knowledge about asbestos in a recent draft risk report, the Trump administration on Thursday defended lax reporting rules that let companies avoid disclosing how much asbestos is made, imported and put into U.S. products.

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Environment Government National 

Feds Sued for Easing Regulations on Coal Ash

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
coal, D.C. Circuit, EPA, regulation, toxic waste, Trump administration

Coal ash, a top polluting waste in the United States second only to household trash, is flowing unchecked from power plants under President Donald Trump, nine conservation groups suing the Environmental Protection Agency claimed Monday.

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Environment Government 

EPA Sued Over Approval of Controversial Pesticide

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
EPA, pesticides

A coalition of green groups filed suit in the Ninth Circuit Friday, saying the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a pesticide would harm the environment and human health.

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Environment Government 

EPA Blamed for Compounding Pollution With Lax Gas-Flare Checks

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
EPA, pollution, regulation

Accusing the government of shirking its mandatory gas-flare duties for the last 34 years, 10 environmental groups claim in a federal complaint that pollution has soared as a result.

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Business Environment Government 

Protections Against Coal-Ash Seepage Put in the Shredder of Trump EPA

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 JACK RODGERS
coal, EPA, pollution, Trump administration, water

Just weeks after the president cast himself as a “great environmentalist” in a Florida rally, conservation groups condemned his administration Friday for undermining a court’s order to prevent water contamination with coal ash.

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Environment Government Health National 

Tougher Emissions Rules Sought for Plants Spewing Cancer-Causing Pollution

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
cancer, emissions, EPA, pollution, regulation

Eleven environmental justice and rights groups joined forces Tuesday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over what they call weak rules for chemical facilities that pump out pollutants linked to cancer.

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Environment Government 

San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds Are Protected US Waters, Judge Rules

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
Clean Water Act, EPA, San Francisco Bay Area, Trump administration

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency misapplied the law and its own regulations when it determined last year that vast salt ponds slated for redevelopment south of San Francisco are exempt from Clean Water Act protections, a federal judge ruled Monday.

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Environment Government 

River Trash

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 BRIEF
discretion, EPA, garbage, rivers

A federal judge denied the Natural Resources Defense Council’s motion to set a deadline for final action on remand in a challenge to a 2018 decision giving the EPA discretion over how to establish a new total maximum daily load for trash in the Anacostia River.

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Appeals Environment Government 

DC Circuit Looks Askance at Conservationist Challenge to Weakening of Smog Rule

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
EPA, pollution, regulation, Smog, Trump administration

Conservationists warned the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump applied a new regulatory scheme that lets states game requirements meant to reduce overall emissions of ozone-forming pollution.

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Environment Government 

EPA Lags on Chesapeake Bay Cleanup, Duo of Lawsuits Claim

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
EPA, Maryland, pollution, water

In a one-two punch Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency was hit with two federal complaints over its large-scale plan to protect the Chesapeake Bay, America’s largest estuary.

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