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Court Strikes Down Obama EPA’s Restrictions on Earth-Warming Gases…

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A federal court on Tuesday struck down an Obama administration rule that banned certain uses of certain gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration. The court said that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot ban hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under a Clean Air Act provision meant to protect the ozone layer, since that section is meant…

100,000 Pages of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust in an Oregon Barn for Decades – Until Now…

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For decades, some of the dirtiest, darkest secrets of the chemical industry have been kept in Carol Van Strum’s barn. Creaky, damp, and prowled by the occasional black bear, the listing, 80-year-old structure in rural Oregon housed more than 100,000 pages of documents obtained through legal discovery in lawsuits against Dow, Monsanto, the Environmental Protection […]

GM Sued For Allegedly Using Cheat Devices On 700,000 Diesel Vehicles…

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Several powerful law firms filed suit Thursday accusing General Motors of installing illegal software in diesel-powered vehicles in order to maneuver around regulations on fuel emissions. The class-action lawsuit alleges GM affixed 705,000 late-model Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups with at least three so-called defeat devices to dupe air regulators. Lawyers filed the action […]

EPA Makes it Official, Sends $100M to Michigan for Flint Water Crisis…

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $100-million grant to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to fund drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Flint, funding that had been approved by Congress and former President Barack Obama late last year. Provided by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016, the funds awarded…

Trump Adviser Is Betting Millions of Dollars That Trump Will Take His Advice…

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Carl Icahn, the high-stakes financier who has been using his position as a Trump adviser to push for a major rule-change affecting the ethanol industry, is now literally betting millions of dollars on financial markets that Trump will take his advice. As previously reported at The Intercept, Icahn has pushed to get the Environmental Protection […]

Trump Signs Order To Roll Back Obama’s ‘Waters Of the U.S.’ Rule…

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President Donald Trump will order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) regulation, effectively repealing another major Obama-era policy. Trump wants the EPA and the Corps to make sure “waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same time promoting economic […]

Former EPA Chief Dismisses Concerns About Scott Pruitt’s Emails…

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A former EPA chief during the Bush administration dismissed criticisms directed at former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s supposed deep ties to energy companies President Donald Trump’s EPA chief didn’t do anything wrong when he corresponded through email with various energy companies former New Jersey GOP Gov. Christine Todd Whitman said Thursday during an interview […]

STUDY: Obama Issued $890 Billion in Regulations from White House…

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Former President Obama issued more than $890 billion worth of regulations during his presidency, according to a new study from American Action Forum (AAF). This number includes $24 million worth of midnight regulations issued in January, more midnight regulations than any lame duck president in history…

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