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June 18, 2019 at 9:21 pm

Amid urgent climate warnings, EPA gives coal a reprieve

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid scientists' increasingly urgent warnings, the Trump administration ordered a sweeping about-face Wednesday on Obama-era efforts to fight climate change, easing restrictions... Updated 8:41 pm

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June 16, 2019 at 9:05 pm

Pompeo tries rallying foreign leaders in alleged oil attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is working the phones to convince wary leaders in Asia and Europe that Iran was behind alleged...

June 16, 2019 at 10:02 am

Pompeo tries rallying foreign leaders in alleged oil attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reaching out to wary foreign leaders to frame alleged Iranian attacks in a Middle East oil...

June 13, 2019 at 9:44 pm

Emails: Trump official pressed NASA on climate science

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once a skeptic about climate change, Jim Bridenstine came around to the prevailing view of scientists before he took over as NASA...

June 11, 2019 at 11:53 am

Former Bush, Reagan EPA heads warn on Trump rollbacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency heads under three previous Republican presidents joined their Democratic counterparts Tuesday in telling lawmakers they were concerned by the...

June 6, 2019 at 9:15 pm

Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates split

WASHINGTON (AP) — The climate change activists who vaulted the Green New Deal to prominence in the 2020 presidential campaign got what they wanted this...

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June 4, 2019 at 3:59 pm

US says national security demands easier mining rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration proposed smoothing the way Tuesday for more prospecting and mining of dozens of minerals, including on public lands and...

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2019. The Food and Drug Administration’s first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found high levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and in off-the-shelf chocolate cake. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) DCAH204 DCAH204

June 3, 2019 at 5:00 am

FDA: Sampling finds toxic nonstick compounds in some food

The FDA's food-test results are likely to heighten complaints by states and public-health groups that the administration is not acting fast enough or firmly enough...

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May 22, 2019 at 12:25 pm

Democrat cautions about Trump’s July 4th extravaganza

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's planned July Fourth extravaganza on the National Mall could become a giant Trump rally on the taxpayers' dime, a...

May 22, 2019 at 9:14 am

Interior boss: No monument changes planned, but up to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Wednesday he has no plans for additional changes to national monuments that were recommended by his...