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EPA Administrator to visit Indianapolis to ‘propose one of the largest deregulatory actions in US history’
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is slated to visit Indianapolis Tuesday. In a post on ...
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Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent’
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin were among 17 lawmakers who signed a letter urging the Trump administration to ...
EPA suspends and investigates around 140 employees who signed a letter critical of the agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave days after they signed a public letter expressing concern about the treatment of federal employees and the ...
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces significant agency ...
On the same day that the Trump administration is proposing billions of dollars in cuts to renewable energy, environmental and climate programs, Environmental Protection Agency ...
The Trump administration is gutting EPA's research arm. Can California bridge the gap?
Officials with a small but mighty California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said they ...
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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin moves to rescind ‘legal foundation for all US greenhouse gas regulations’
The article on the front page of The New York Times this week began: “Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday that the Trump administration would revoke ...
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A former EPA administrator on the future of the agency
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA administrator, about the future of the agency under President Trump.
US environment agency axes nearly a quarter of workforce
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was moving ahead with plans to ax its workforce by more than 3,700 employees, as part of sweeping government cuts under President Donald Trump's ...
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EPA plans to cut staff to 1980s levels, dissolve research office
The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on May 2 to slash its budget by $300 million in fiscal year 2026, reduce staffing to 1980s levels and dissolve its research and development ...