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Trump EPA cuts halt effort to address pollution, power outages in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward
After decades of watching their neighborhoods suffer from industrial contamination, residents of Houston's Fifth Ward and ...
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says Trump deregulatory actions won't have adverse effects on people and the environment
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he can "absolutely" guarantee the deregulatory actions announced last month won't have an ...
On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the ...
EPA firing 280 staffers who fought pollution in overburdened neighborhoods
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fire 280 staffers who worked on tackling pollution in overburdened and ...
Transcript: EPA administrator Lee Zeldin on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," April 20, 2025
The following is the transcript of an interview with EPA administrator Lee Zeldin that aired on "Face the Nation with ...
Federal Government Layoff Tracker: EPA Reportedly Firing DEI Workers
National Nuclear Safety Administration: An employee at the agency—which oversees nuclear weapons in the U.S.—told NPR the ...
The EPA can’t end grants from $20 billion Biden-era fund for climate-friendly projects, a judge says
A federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly ...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin blasts media coverage of ‘gold bars’ green funds case
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin lambasted members of the press Monday morning over coverage of the ...