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Environmental Justice Advocates Blast Trump EPA for 'Dangerous' Rollback of Chemical Disaster Rule

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Break Free From Plastic Movement Blasts Big Polluters on Industry-Backed 'America Recycles Day'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Corporate polluters have been using recycling to justify ever-increasing production of single-use packaging, while taxpayers and cities are left to foot the bill."

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Experts Warn This Industry-Backed Attack on Science at EPA Would Be Among 'Most Damaging' of All Trump-Era Policies

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Let's call this what it is: an excuse to abandon clean air, clean water, and...

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Green Group Threatens Suit Over 'Unconscionable Handout to Polluters' as EPA Attacks Water Rules for Coal Ash

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

toxic coal ash

"This latest rollback would lead directly to more water contamination, more...

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By Allowing 6 Million Lead Service Lines to Stay In Ground, EPA's Lead Rule Update Will Do Little to Protect Drinking Water, Critics Say

Honeybees, essential pollinators, are under threat due to a new Trump administration rule allowing widespread use of a dangerous pesticide.

Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide

A coyote returns for the last scraps of a road killed pronghorn.

After Public Outcry, Trump EPA Reverses Approval for Using 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill US Wildlife

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To Stave Off 'Climate Disaster,' 29 States and Major Cities Sue Trump EPA Over 'Dirty Power' Rule

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Playing Role of Pesticide 'Cheerleader,' EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup

'Egregious Handout' to Corporate Polluters as Trump EPA Moves to Accelerate Pipeline Approvals With Attack on Clean Water Act

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Health and Labor Groups Sue Trump EPA for Refusal to Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

A protester left a "Science Makes America Great" sign in front of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Science March in Washington on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 2017.

Challenging EPA's New FOIA Rule, Suit Seeks to Stop Trump's "Shameful Attempt to Keep Americans in the Dark"

'A Total Disgrace': Outrage as Trump EPA Says It Won't Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

Emulating the CIA, New Rule Would Let Trump's EPA Disregard FOIA Requests With Near Impunity

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Chorus of Outrage as Trump Admin. Throws Climate, Public Health Under Bus by Killing Obama-Era Clean Power Plan

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'Bombshell' Report: Internal Memos Show Trump EPA Ignored Agency Scientists' Calls to Ban Asbestos

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Environmental Working Group (EWG)

EPA Chief Promises Year of 'Progress' To Mark Agency's 50th Anniversary...

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Trump EPA Quashes Chemical Safety Rule to Ease ‘Burden’ on Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

New EPA Science Restrictions Would Devastate Public Health and Environmental Protections

Food & Water Watch

Wheeler is Double-Crossing America’s Water With Weak Lead Rule

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

EPA Weakens Lead Drinking Water Protections

Food & Water Watch

EPA’s Attempt to Weaken Clean Water Act is an Egregious Handout to Polluting Fossil Fuel Corporations

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Gretchen Goldman

The Experts Have Spoken: Disbanded Particulate Pollution Panel Finds EPA Standards Don’t Protect Public Health

Genna Reed

Science Advice Shouldn’t Be at the Whim of a President and His Appointees

Elliott Negin

10 Ways Andrew Wheeler Has Decimated EPA Protections in Just One Year

Rev. Susan Hendershot

Wheeler's Poison Plan Is a Threat to Families' Health and Safety

Mary Anne Hitt

Two Truths and a Lie: Trump Won’t Save Coal or Slow Clean Energy With Clean Power Plan Rollback

Ansje Miller , Zack Kaldveer

Toxic Corruption: The Chemical Industry Keeps Pulling EPA's Strings

Derrick Z. Jackson

How Dangerous is New EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler? Very. Here’s Why.