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EPA dismisses science advisers

The Trump administration this week dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and Science

Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

EPA science advisers’ firings blasted as ‘politically motivated’

Left hanging are EPA reviews of lead, nitrogen oxides and ozone, three pollutants associated with serious health and environmental effects.

EPA dismisses clean air, science advisory boards

The Trump administration dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and Science Advisory Board on Tuesday, a day before the confirmation of new EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin,

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EPA employees told to pause most external communications and cancel meetings with outside parties

The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An ...

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Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead EPA as Trump vows to cut climate rules

The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to ...

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Zeldin is confirmed as the new EPA administrator. What’s next?

The former New York representative will helm the agency as it navigates executive orders pausing climate programs and reviews ...

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New EPA chief Lee Zeldin has an ambitious agenda — and a plan to keep courts from overturning it

President Trump’s first executive orders faced court challenges barely before the ink had dried. But the former Long Island ...

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Los Angeles wildfires: California cities vow to ‘shut down’ EPA’s dumping site for ‘toxic’ waste

Four cities in Southern California are opposing an EPA processing site for "hazardous" waste from Los Angeles County's ...

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Ohio energy companies ask EPA to roll back regulations on coal ash, greenhouse gases

Two energy companies with Ohio ties have asked the Trump administration to roll back regulations on greenhouse gas emissions and coal ash.

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US Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA adminstrator

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 56-42 to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental ...

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Lee Zeldin confirmed as EPA administrator in bipartisan Senate vote

The Senate confirmed former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a ...

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‘Let’s get to work,’ Zeldin tells EPA staff

The administrator's message comes during a turbulent time for the agency, which has been rocked by the second Trump ...

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Interior, EPA set deadlines for staffers to return to the office

Employees should expect to be back in offices full time by Feb. 24, according to memos sent Friday. Interior Department and ...

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