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EPA Criminal Action Against Polluters Hits 30-Year Low

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press Jan 14, 2019 "We're reaching levels where the enforcement program is lacking a pulse," says the chief of the advocacy group that obtained the data. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

This EPA Rule Change Could Kill Thousands

Olivia Alperstein / OtherWords Jan 13, 2019 While Americans were quietly preparing to ring in the New Year, the EPA gave families a deadly present to start the year off wrong. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser Denies Link Between Dirty Air and Health Problems

By Jason Plautz / Reveal Oct 24, 2018 The chairman of the EPA’s smog and soot panel has made his living challenging health findings on behalf of industry. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

In Nod to Farmers, High-Ethanol Gasoline Will Be Sold Year-Round

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Oct 9, 2018 During an Iowa trip, Trump announces that a summer sale ban will be lifted. The action removes an EPA anti-smog rule. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

EPA Watchdog Faults Agency for Pruitt’s 24/7 Security Costs

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press Sep 4, 2018 The Environmental Protection Agency failed to justify its expenditure of more than $3.5 million to guard Scott Pruitt, the report finds. Travel costs for his bodyguards from February 2017 to December 2017 were $739,580. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rollback of Pollution Rules Will Hurt Coal Country

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2018 West Virginia may have lots of Trump fans, but part of the state will be ground zero for increased deaths and illnesses because of his plan to ease regulation of power plant emissions, according to an EPA analysis. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

States Blast Move to Dismantle Rule on Coal Plant Emissions

SUSAN HAIGH / The Associated Press Aug 21, 2018 The administration's proposal would roll back President Obama's 2015 Clean Power Plan, which requires reductions in climate-changing emissions from coal-fired plants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rules for Handling Toxic Coal Ash Eased

MATTHEW BROWN / The Associated Press Jul 18, 2018 The EPA makes the change, which affects more than 400 U.S. coal-fired power plants, after utilities push back against Obama-era regulations. The companies are expected to save roughly $30 million a year as a result. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scott Pruitt Got Off Easy: Ecocide Is No Small Matter

Paul Street / Truthdig Jul 11, 2018 The former EPA chief’s career has been dedicated to two things: filling his family bank account and bending energy policy toward the extraction and burning of every last hydrocarbon on earth. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )