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Dec 08 2016
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Scott Pruitt, Trump's pick to head the EPA, has sued the EPA
Donald Trump tapped Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, as environmental groups and Democratic lawmakers denounced the selection of a state official who has sued the agency he is now slated to lead.
USA TODAYApr 06 2024
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The Energy Efficiency Paradox: $20 Bills Lying All Over The Sidewalk
Not a week passes before yet another claim is made by the “experts” at the International Energy Agency (IEA) or the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to instruct businesses and households how to achieve and reward “energy efficiency”. Mandate after mandate, regulation after regulation, subsidy after subsidy, all at the altar of “energy efficiency”. It is as if normal folk like you and
ForbesApr 12 2023
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Why the EPA proposed stricter electric vehicle requirements
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency released the strictest vehicle pollution standards to date. The rules are meant to trigger a chain reaction that ensures two-thirds of new cars and a third of new trucks created by 2032 will be purely electric, cutting down on pollution and reducing the U.S. carbon footprint. “By proposing the most ambitious pollution standards ever for cars
Deseret NewsJul 26 2023
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State seeks Supreme Court action on EPA’s Pebble Mine decision
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska’s attorney general has responded to an order from the Environmental Protection Agency’s final determination on Pebble Mine issued earlier this year, filing a brief to urge the agency to review its decision to prevent development. Attorney General Treg Taylor’s brief calls on the United States Supreme Court to review the EPA’s January decision to prevent the U.
Alaska's News Source KTUU/KYESJun 06 2023
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EPA announces $115 million for Jackson, Miss., water infrastructure
United Press InternationalJul 21 2023
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US EPA harming Akron by requiring another costly sewer project
During my time as mayor, the city of Akron, our residents and our ratepayers have been feeling the weight of the U.S. EPA’s consent decree which has required us to completely overhaul our sewer system. All too often, I hear stories from residents who have to choose between paying their sewer bill or their rent or something else equally as important, and unfortunately, this burden isn’t going
Akron Beacon JournalOct 12 2023
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EPA air sampling data shows good air quality following wildfires in Lahaina and Kula
US EPA begins hazardous waste removal work in Kula. PC: County of Maui / EPA (8.23.23) Results from a validated air sampling conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Lahaina and Kula in late August do not show evidence of poor air quality or any hazardous levels of contaminants in the air at the time the samples were collected. EPA tested for metals including lead and arsenic,
Maui Now NewsMay 26 2023
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Court sides with Arkansas on air pollution plan blocked by EPA
A federal appeals court blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from turning down Arkansas’s proposed plan for “good neighbor” air pollution rules. In a single-page ruling Thursday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the EPA’s rejection of Arkansas’ plan, which is required under the Clean Air Act to ensure states’ ozone emissions do not pollute the air of other regions. In February
The HillMay 25 2023
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Supreme Court Delivers Another Rebuke of Biden EPA Overreach
The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday delivered another stinging rebuke of the Biden Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) overreach with a unanimous opinion essentially trashing the administration's "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) policy that relies on an extremely broad interpretation of the Clean Water Act to restrict property owners' activities on private land that's
TownhallMar 16 2023
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EPA to limit toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
The plan would limit toxic PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect. PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated substances, are a
Associated Press