The E.P.A. Shifts Its Mission

The E.P.A. Shifts Its Mission

In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, protections for wetlands, and the legal basis that allows it to regulate the greenhouse gases that are heating the planet. (Read the full article.) But…

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EPA Cancels  Billion in Climate Grants

EPA Cancels $20 Billion in Climate Grants

The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that have been frozen for weeks, a move that was labeled illegal by nonprofit groups that were supposed to receive the funds. The money has been caught in an escalating controversy involving the E.P.A., the Justice…

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E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

The Trump administration intends to eliminate Environmental Protection Agency offices responsible for addressing the disproportionately high levels of pollution facing poor communities, according to a memo from Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator. In the internal memo, viewed by The New York Times, Mr. Zeldin informed agency leaders that he was directing “the reorganization and elimination”…

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Climate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen  Billion

Climate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen $20 Billion

A multibillion dollar dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency and several nonprofit organizations escalated on Saturday when one group sued the E.P.A. and Citibank, seeking access to grant money that has been frozen under President Trump. Climate United, a nonprofit organization, claimed that the E.P.A. and Citibank have illegally withheld a nearly $7 billion award…

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How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy

How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy

In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet. With a flurry of actions that have stretched the limits of presidential power, Mr. Trump has gutted federal climate efforts, rolled…

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Trump Says E.P.A. Layoffs Will Cut Staff by 65 Percent

Trump Says E.P.A. Layoffs Will Cut Staff by 65 Percent

During his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Trump casually mentioned that Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, intended to fire 65 percent of employees, an incision so deep that officials said it would hobble the E.P.A. Mr. Trump said Mr. Zeldin “thinks he’s going to be cutting 65 or so percent of…

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