"The EPA’s bid to shift the way it calculates regulatory costs and benefits could spread to other agencies, and any such efforts would help the Trump administration fulfill its agenda to roll back rules, analysts say."
"Overflowing trash cans are the least of the problems."
"The Trump administration's bid to restrict the Clean Water Act's reach over streams and wetlands is backed by an analysis showing the proposal wouldn't reduce environmental benefits when it comes to dredging and filling waterways."
"About a week after the start of the partial government shutdown last month, Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel emailed Environmental Protection Agency officials about what the lapse in funding meant for them and other residents of Bridgeton, Mo. who live near a nuclear waste dump."
"The clearest picture yet of coal ash contamination in the United States is emerging, with utilities reporting serious groundwater contamination in at least 22 states."
"A new Pentagon report identifies significant risks from climate change at scores of military bases and says the Defense Department is taking protective measures against the looming threat."
"U.S. diplomats used to receive guidance about climate change and migration. The Government Accountability Office is recommending the State Department bring it back."
"There's an easy reason to explain why National Park Service superintendents have suddenly gone mum: They're scared. That's according to former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis."
"A federal court judge on Friday ruled that the federal government cannot process seismic testing permits for offshore oil drilling during the ongoing government shutdown, dealing a blow Trump administration’s energy agenda."
"The Trump administration’s decision to keep issuing oil drilling permits during the government shutdown is putting those authorizations in legal jeopardy, environmentalists argued in a filing Thursday."
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