‘It just goes into a black hole’
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Trump Administration Touts Superfund List Deletions as Victories Amid Continuing Contamination Threat
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is touting the full and partial removal of 27 Superfund sites from a list tracking the nation’s most contaminated sites...
Judge invalidates Pendley’s BLM decisions
"The court's erroneous ruling continues to disregard basic facts and misapprehend how authority is delegated within federal agencies," it said.
Judge rules Pendley illegally leading BLM
A federal judge in Montana has handed the Trump administration a stunning rebuke, ruling today that William Perry Pendley is illegally heading the Bureau of...
Big changes may be ahead for natural gas pipelines, if FERC does its job
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Climate change denialist given top role at major U.S. science agency
A controversial researcher who rejects climate science was hired by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a senior position, in a move...
EPA rejects tougher air-quality standards, says 2015 limits are sufficient
The Trump administration said Monday that it will maintain national air-quality standards put in place in 2015, despite calls for more stringent regulations that advocates...
Interior to push drilling in Florida waters after November election
The Trump administration is preparing to open the door to oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coast — but will wait until after the November...