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Study: Fines for illegal pollution plummet under Trump

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 11, 2017
Environmental offenders were also required to perform less cleanup.
Sulfur in coal is a big cause of air pollution.
Reid Frazier
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What Democrats and Republicans stand to gain from Congress' new $1 trillion spending bill

by Marielle Segarra
May 1, 2017
Some of Trump's key proposals, like his call for a U.S.-Mexico border, will not receive funding.
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Plan to rollback EPA rules boosts carmakers’ moods — and would boost emissions

by Jed Kim
Mar 15, 2017
President Donald Trump went to Detroit and said he was going to boost American automakers. By rolling back EPA fuel economy standards that President Barack Obama finalized right before he left office, Trump said the big car companies could make more money and hire more Americans. Tighter mileage and emissions standards were set to go […]
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EPA attacks harken back to Reagan era

by Scott Tong
Mar 10, 2017
1980s' push to deregulate the agency resembles the Trump administration's plans.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt holds up an an agency baseball hat as he addresses employees at the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters in February.
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Energy Star program could be targeted for budget cut

by Jed Kim
Mar 6, 2017
Congress is awaiting President Donald Trump’s budget proposal with the details about his vision of government, and some preliminary elements of that plan are trickling out. According to some reports, the Environmental Protection Agency may lose as much as a quarter of its budget. And the energy and environmental publication E&E News says that one of […]
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How partisan is the national budget?

by Molly Wood and Eliza Mills
Mar 3, 2017
USC Gould School of Law professor Edward Kleinbard on politics and the national budget.
President Donald Trump with Mick Mulvaney, far left, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Republican congressional leaders at a working lunch in the Roosevelt Room on Wednesday.
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EPA bracing for big cuts under Trump administration

by Adam Allington
Feb 21, 2017
In addition to being required by law, Environmental Protection Agency funding is critical to state budgets.
Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is “a leading advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda,” according to his LinkedIn page.
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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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Federal agencies bracing for big cuts under Trump

by Adam Allington
Nov 14, 2016
During the campaign, the president-elect said he would 'drain the swamp.' Will he follow through?
House Speaker Paul Ryan, right, listens to President-elect Donald Trump speak to the press at the Capitol.
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A year after EPA spill, some still seek compensation

by Grace Hood
Aug 23, 2016
The EPA says it's limited in what it can reimburse communities for.
The 2016 rafting season has been strong in Durango, Colo. Flash back one year ago though and this riverfront looked different. Companies were forced to cancel trips for eight days after an EPA-triggered spill of mining waste into the Animas River.
Grace Hood, Colorado Public Radio
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