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People stand in a scrapyard as dark smokes billows from several small fires.
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Tracking Air Pollution from Ghana’s E-Waste Site

by Kate Wheeling 18 August 20207 March 2022

Researchers established a relatively low cost method that could help countries with limited monitoring capabilities measure particulate pollution in their skies.

A man backpacks up a rocky trail to an air-sampling station
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Radioactive Bookkeeping of Carbon Emissions

by Sarah Derouin 22 June 20207 March 2022

A new sampling method uses carbon-14 to single out which carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere derive from fossil fuels. The method could help track emissions goals for climate mitigation.

People on a beautiful Hawaiian beach
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Clean Water Act in the Balance?

by Randy Showstack 27 January 20207 March 2022

An important Supreme Court case could have major ramifications on the interpretation of the Clean Water Act and environmental protection.

New York attorney general Letitia James
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

by Jenessa Duncombe 14 August 201921 December 2022

The suit argues that the administration is failing to curb carbon dioxide emissions as required under the Clean Air Act.

Andrew Wheeler, the new acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaking to staff and the press.
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New EPA Head Says His Priorities Include Regulatory Relief

by Randy Showstack 12 July 201825 May 2022

Andrew Wheeler brings a new tone and a vow of openness to the agency. However, he plans to pursue the same goal as his predecessor, which could weaken environmental regulations.

Former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt
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Environmentalists Are Glad Pruitt Is Out but Worry What’s Next

by Randy Showstack 6 July 201825 May 2022

With Scott Pruitt’s resignation, EPA deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, takes charge and is likely to continue the same deregulation and antienvironment policies.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), speaking at a February 2017 rally in support of the EPA.
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Congressman Renews Call for EPA Administrator to Resign

by Randy Showstack 26 June 201821 December 2022

In an interview with Eos, Rep. Don Beyer, the second-highest-ranking Democrat on the House Science Committee, details why he calls Pruitt “an embarrassment” to the Trump administration.

The coal-fired Jim Bridger power plant outside Rock Springs, Wyo.
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EPA Proposes Repealing Its Own Obama Era Clean Power Plan

by Randy Showstack 11 October 201725 May 2022

The action of the agency, now realigned by the Trump administration, “just begins the battle,” according to environmentalists and others who plan to challenge EPA’s proposed repeal of the rule.

Mileage goals set in 2012 would require automobiles in the U.S. to average 54.5 mpg by 2025.
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EPA Reassesses Feasibility of Plan to Increase Fuel Efficiency

by E. Jacobsen 16 March 20177 January 2022

This January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized mileage standards set in 2012. Now, at the push of the auto industry, EPA and other agencies are going back for another look.

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Supreme Court Hears Case About Regulating Power Plants

by Randy Showstack 27 March 201521 December 2022

In a case about power plant emissions, arguments focused on whether the Environmental Protection Agency properly interpreted a regulation and on dramatically different cost-benefit analyses.

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