EPA chief works closely with industry, not environmentalists
EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s supporters, including President Donald Trump, have hailed his moves as an uprooting of the administrative state and a clearing of onerous...
EPA chief doubts scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is behind global warming
Statements made by the head of the EPA appear to signal that the Trump administration intends not only to roll back President Barack Obama’s climate-change...
Trump’s EPA pick long a backer of industry donors against pollution regulators
If confirmed by the Senate, Scott Pruitt could be in charge of policing industries that have long helped advance his political career.
Bill Gates to commit billions for clean energy
The announcement of the Gates fund is intended to give momentum to the two-week climate talks in Paris.
Climate-plan foes prepped for battle
Move to fight Obama’s new environmental regulations was shaped many months ago by Republican strategists, coal states and lobbyists.
EPA starts down long path to cut emissions from planes
The Obama administration is taking the first step toward regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from airplanes, but it acknowledged it would most likely take years before stringent...
EPA to put big trucks on fuel diet to cut emissions
The EPA is expected to propose rules requiring heavy trucks to increase their fuel economy by up to 40 percent by 2027.
Obama administration approves Shell drilling in Arctic Ocean
The approval is a major victory for Shell and the petroleum industry, which has sought for years to drill in the remote waters of the...