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Andrew Wheeler

EPA Chief Purging Trump-Era Advisers to 'Focus on Science and Reduce Industry Influence'

Nominee for EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, speaks at the Queen theater on December 19, 2020 in Wilmington, DE. President-elect Joe Biden announced his climate and energy team that will advance an ambitious agenda to address the issues of climate change. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

In Victory for Public Health, Federal Judge Scraps Trump's Polluter-Friendly 'Censored Science' Rule

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"Had this rule censoring science been allowed to stand," said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), "it could have done massive damage to the EPA's ability to regulate dangerous chemicals and pollutants." (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

"Science matters again, and it will again guide how to best protect people from dangerous pollution and toxic chemicals."

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'Major Win for the Planet': Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Coal Power Plant Rule

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant owned by Xcel Energy and located in Becker, Minnesota

"This decision frees up the new Biden administration to begin working...

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'This Must Be Undone': Trump EPA Finalizes Anti-Science Rule to Limit Use of Public Health Research

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Trump's nightmarish giveaway to polluters will sicken millions of the most...

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Formerly an open pit copper mine, the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana is now part of the largest Superfund site in the United States. (Photo: Janie Osborne/Getty Images)

Biden Already Facing Pressure to Tackle Backlog of 'Unfunded' Toxic Waste Sites Threatened by Climate Crisis

'Our Kids Deserve Better': Despite Pandemic, Trump EPA Refuses to Strengthen Smog Standards

U.S. President Donald Trump introduces EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler during an event to unveil significant changes to the National Environmental Policy Act at the White House on January 9, 2020. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Eco 'Sabotage': Trump EPA Issues Last-Minute Rule to Make Action on Climate and Pollution Harder for Biden

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On Way Out the Door, Trump EPA Rejects Tightening Deadly Soot Pollution Standards

A red-legged frog sits in a backyard pond in Washington state. The herbicide atrazine, common in the U.S. but banned many other places, is linked to hermaphroditic amphibians as well as various harmful health effects in humans. (Photo: Dan Dzurisin/flickr/cc)

EPA Sued for 'Once Again Putting Corporate Interests Over Public Health or the Environment' by Reapproving Herbicide Atrazine

Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by dicamba use on August 9, 2017. He doesn't use it on his crops and he's assured by neighbors within a mile and a half that they haven't used it either. According to him, that means that the chemical had to travel about two miles to reach his crops. (Photo: The Washington Post)

Despite Court Ruling and Drift Concerns, EPA Approves Use of Dicamba Products on Soybeans and Cotton for Five Years

This working oil derrick is a unique feature of the Oklahoma State Capitol. (Photo: duggar11/Flickr cc)

Indigenous Leaders Furious After EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Sovereign Tribal Lands

President Donald Trump looks on as EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 9, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Trump EPA Chief Lays Out Vision for Agency Critics Warn Would Create 'Apocalyptic, Devastated Planet'

Coal ash contaminated water, which is colorized from the heavy metals, runs from the coal ash pond D via the toe drain to the nearby creek and finally into the Potomac River in Dumfries, Virginia, on January 7, 2016. (Photo: Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

'Another Toxic Giveaway': Trump EPA Blasted for Rollback of Coal Plant Wastewater Rules

A gas flare is seen at an oil well site on outside Williston, North Dakota. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Trump EPA Plows Ahead With 'Mind-Bogglingly Stupid and Destructive' Rollback of Methane Emissions Rules

Clairton Coke Works

From Fossil Fuel Companies to Schools, 350+ Facilities Stopped Tracking Water Pollution Under EPA's Temporary Pandemic Policy

'Illegal, Unscientific, and Unconscionable': Despite Risk of Brain Damage to Infants, Trump EPA Won't Regulate Rocket Fuel Additive for Water Supplies

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Environmental Working Group (EWG)

New Rule Makes It Harder for EPA To Fight Air Pollution and Climate Change

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

EPA Leaves Unsafe Health Standard for Soot Emissions in Place

Sierra Club

Soon To Be Former EPA Administrator Burns the American People One More Time Before Leaving

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

EPA Should Stop Spewing Tax-Paid Propaganda

Accountable.US

Wheeler Weakens EPA Coal Ash Rules For Former Client

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

EPA Blows Up Court Order Over Rocket Fuel Contaminant in Drinking Water

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Derrick Z. Jackson

The Boy Scouts Can Do Better Than Teaming up With Trump’s EPA

Jim Hightower

Trump's Bass-Ackward Government

Derrick Z. Jackson

The EPA’s Dirty Water: New Rule Discards Science, Ignores Importance of Wetlands and Tributaries

Derrick Z. Jackson

EPA’s New Water Rule a Mockery of Science and the Clean Water Act

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