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The EPA is rolling back environmental regulation, but most Americans support climate policies, study finds

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will roll back or change 31 environmental rules and regulations. Some of these changes include revisions of national air quality standards for particulate matter, emission standards for industrial air pollutants and regulations restricting vehicle emissions. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the deregulation will drive “a dagger…

Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters

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The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency filed a motion in federal court on Thursday pulling back the safety regulations, introduced last year under former president Joe Biden. The rules, which took effect in May, require sites that…

U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad

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What’s the air quality in New Delhi, Jakarta or Buenos Aires? Until Tuesday, the United States Embassy in those cities could have told you. But the Trump administration has effectively shut down a global air quality monitoring program, ending more than a decade of public data-collection and reporting from 80 embassies and consulates worldwide. The…

Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges

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A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains. By a 5-4 vote, the court’s conservative majority ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority under the Clean…

Is Elon Musk Overvalued? – Air Mail

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I predict that Donald Trump is going to end up being very costly to Elon Musk’s tech empire. Until quite recently, investors were all in on the Trump-Musk bromance. Bloomberg calculated that the value of Musk’s companies had risen by $613 billion between early November 2024 and mid-February 2025, assuming anticipated funding rounds went as…

Deeper government cuts may include 65% reduction at EPA, Trump says

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Deeper government cuts may include 65% reduction at EPA, Trump says – CBS News Watch CBS News Surrounded by his cabinet, President Trump warned far deeper cuts are coming than the ones imposed so far, including potentially a 65% budget cut at the Environmental Protection Agency, which safeguards the nation’s air and water. Nancy Cordes…

Residents demand answers after EPA stores toxic debris from L.A. fires in park

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Residents demand answers after EPA stores toxic debris from L.A. fires in park – CBS News Watch CBS News The Environmental Protection Agency is working on an expedited timeline to clear combustible paints, household chemicals and other toxic debris from the Los Angeles fires. After the waste began arriving at a park 15 miles from…

EPA rushes to meet Trump’s deadline to clear toxic debris from Los Angeles area wildfire zones

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Altadena, California — More than 9,000 homes and businesses were burned to the ground in the deadly Eaton Fire, which tore through the Los Angeles County community of Altadena last month. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday allowed CBS News to accompany an EPA team sifting through the ash searching for toxic debris. “We look for…

Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects

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When marble-size hail fell on Alabama in 2023, it devastated Camp Hill, a town of 1,000 where nearly half the residents live below the poverty line. Decks were demolished, cars shattered, roofs destroyed, and few people had insurance. The community was expecting to get help this month in the form of a $20 million federal…

Two Industry Executives Join E.P.A. to Help Oversee Chemical Rules

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A former chemical-industry executive who fought against stronger regulations under the first Trump administration is returning to take a critical role at the Environmental Protection Agency, raising concerns of corporate influence on chemical safety regulations. Nancy B. Beck, a toxicologist and former executive at the American Chemistry Council, the industry’s main trade group, has been…