
US Proposing Easing Rules on Climate-Changing Oil Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency's move would be the latest in a series by the administration easing Obama-era emissions controls on the oil, gas and coal industries.
The Environmental Protection Agency's move would be the latest in a series by the administration easing Obama-era emissions controls on the oil, gas and coal industries.
The announcement makes sulfoxaflor the latest bug- and weed-killer defended by the Trump administration despite lawsuits alleging environmental or human harm.
Supporters of the revised rule say the Obama-era plan overstepped the EPA's authority.
Andrew Wheeler signed a proposal to dismantle a 2015 rule that any new coal power plants include cutting-edge techniques to capture the carbon dioxide from their smokestacks.
The Environmental Protection Agency will be allowing for potential new uses of asbestos, while limiting the scope of studies that assess its risk.
The newly-released emails reveal Environmental Protection Agency officials have worked to organize events and hearings with conservative groups such as the Heartland Institute.
Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency are attending mandatory sessions to reinforce compliance with laws and rules against leaking information.
The move, which is considered unusual, aims to bring more industry scientists into the EPA’s advisory committees.
The Environmental Protection Agency accused the contractor alleging that it would shut down its open data site of being 'unauthorized and misinformed.'
An unidentified official said that the issue should not be "controlled from inside Washington, D.C."
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum attributed the claim to former EPA head Gina McCarthy during a guest appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
EPA administrator Pruitt told CNBC that he does not agree that carbon dioxide is "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see," arguing that scientists are still debating the issue.