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December 5, 2019 at 1:21 pm

US feels the heat as Trump pulls out of global climate pact

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is aiming to make the annual U.N.-sponsored climate talks underway in Madrid the last ones for full participation by... New 1:21 pm

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December 5, 2019 at 10:09 am

EPA rejects ban on poison bombs against cattle predators

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trappers can keep using sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, the Trump administration said Thursday, rejecting calls for...

December 2, 2019 at 3:41 pm

Senate approves successor to Rick Perry as energy secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Rick Perry as energy secretary won easy Senate confirmation Monday, despite a Democratic senator’s objections that...

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November 24, 2019 at 10:10 pm

Above-ground power lines grow in risk as climate changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires...

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November 21, 2019 at 10:43 am

EPA prosecutions of polluters approach quarter-century lows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, deepening three years of...

FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, boats are shown moored in the Anclote River near the old Stauffer chemical plant site in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Hundreds of the nation’s most polluted places are at an increasing risk of spreading contamination beyond their borders by more frequent storms and rising seas. Sixty percent of U.S. Superfund sites are in danger from weather extremes like hurricanes or wildfires, and the Trump administrationâ€™s reluctance to acknowledge and plan for climate change is hurting chances of safeguarding them, according to a government watchdog. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File) WX201 WX201

November 17, 2019 at 9:01 pm

EPA rejects federal study saying climate change heightens risks at Superfund sites

The report by the Government Accountability Office emphasizes the challenges for government agencies under President Donald Trump, who belittles the science of climate change.

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November 14, 2019 at 11:24 am

Energy nominee distances himself from Ukraine investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The deputy to outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers Thursday that he had no role in the Ukraine matters now at...

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November 13, 2019 at 1:11 pm

Ex-government health chief joins warnings about EPA proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top government environmental health official joined health experts on Wednesday in expressing alarm as the Trump administration moves forward with...

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November 7, 2019 at 2:55 pm

Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural California...

November 4, 2019 at 7:42 am

Trump administration eases Obama-era rules on coal pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country's coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era...