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How the new EPA chief can take the agency in a new direction

by Andy Uhler
Feb 20, 2017
President Donald Trump picked his new National Security Adviser today. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will replace Michael Flynn, who resigned after withholding information about a call with Russia’s ambassador. Tomorrow, Scott Pruitt — another high-profile appointee — will take his job as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Pruitt has a complicated past with […]
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Pennsylvania braces for gas pipeline protest

by Scott Tong
Feb 9, 2017
Protesters are massing in Pennsylvania to protest another pipeline. But this one is different: it carries natural gas, which means it comes with rights over eminent domain. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
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The Badlands National Park's Twitter account goes rogue

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 24, 2017
The account seemingly responds to the president's statement about environmentalism.
This August, 2001 photo shows the vast expanse of the Badlands National Park in South Dakota.  
FRANCIS TEMMAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Why was there a CDC climate change summit anyway?

by Jed Kim
Jan 24, 2017
The Center for Disease Control canceled an upcoming environmental health conference and some say it has to do with the changing political landscape.
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Will U.S. contribution to U.N. Green Climate Fund be its last?

by Jed Kim
Jan 18, 2017
The Obama administration contributes another half a billion dollars.
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Aluminum lawsuit underscores troubled trade relations between U.S. and China

by Scott Tong
Jan 18, 2017
This case could provide more fodder for the president-elect's plans.
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The skyline of the future is made of wood

by Cerise Castle
Jan 4, 2017
The latest innovation in construction recalls Lincoln Logs.
Cross-laminated timber blocks.
Courtesy of Oregon Forest Resources Institute/flickr
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EPA reverses course, highlights fracking contamination of drinking water

by Scott Tong
Dec 13, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a final report on the connection between hydraulic fracturing and contamination in drinking water. After stressing in June 2015 that there was no "widespread, systematic impact" on water, the agency now is emphasizing that fracking can affect drinking water under some circumstances.
A natural gas well pad in Dimock, Pa.
Amanda Hrycyna for APM Reports
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Help for Flint: Senate approves water funding bill

by Donna Tam
Sep 15, 2016
The bill includes more than $200 million in funding for the struggling city.
Flint resident Matt Hopper holds Nyla Hopper, 5, after she had her blood drawn to be tested for lead in January. Free lead screenings were performed for Flint children 6 and younger. >
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For our future, someone has to think about dirt

by Annie Baxter
Mar 29, 2016
Growing so much corn and soybean puts water supplies at risk.
Farmers are trying to mitigate nitrate pollution from fertilizers and soil erosion in their production practices. But some say we need to shift away from corn and soybean production as the nation's biggest crops to other, more sustainable ones.
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