US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

Publisher: NYTimes

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29 Dec 2018

E.P.A. Proposes Rule Change That Would Let Power Plants Release More Toxic Pollution

The Trump administration announced on Friday a plan designed to make it easier for coal-fired power plants, after nearly a decade of restrictions, to release into the atmosphere more mercury and other pollutants linked to developmental disorders and respiratory illnesses.
The Trump administration announced on Friday a plan designed to make it easier for coal-fired power plants, after nearly...
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environment protection, regulations, trump agenda, trumps america
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Publisher: NYTimes

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3 Nov 2017

U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump Officials

Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration’s position on climate change, 13 federal agencies unveiled an exhaustive scientific report on Friday that says humans are the dominant cause of the global temperature rise that has created the warmest period in the history of civilization.
Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration’s position on climate change, 13 federal agencies...
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climate change, environment protection, trump agenda, trumps america
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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13 May 2017

Trump’s EPA stabs Alaskans in the back with mining reversal

Plans to mine alongside Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay, where half the world’s salmon are fished, had appeared dead in the water in recent years. Not anymore. The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped a regulatory plan that would have protected Bristol Bay from the planned Pebble Mine, encouraging the project’s backers to seek permits and move forward.
Plans to mine alongside Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay, where half the world’s salmon are fished, had appeared dead...
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environment protection, governance, regulations, trumps america
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Publisher: The Guardian

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4 Mar 2017

‘Just racist’: EPA cuts will hit black and Hispanic communities the hardest

Planned cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency are set to fall heaviest upon communities of color across the US that already suffer disproportionately from toxic pollution, green groups have warned. Proposal would remove environmental justice office, tasked with bridging gap in pollution in black, Hispanic and low-income areas and wealthier white ones
Planned cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency are set to fall heaviest upon communities of color across the US...
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environment protection, minorities, racism, trump agenda, trumps america
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Publisher: Spokesman

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3 Mar 2017

Zinke rescinds Obama official’s phase-out of lead bullets, fishing tackle

HUNTING-FISHING -- Today, on his first day on duty, Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pronounced ZINK-ee) issued two secretarial orders. One withdraws a controversial order signed by an Obama administration official to phase out use of lead bullets and lead fishing tackle on federal wildlife refuges.
HUNTING-FISHING -- Today, on his first day on duty, Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pronounced ZINK-ee)...
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environment protection, trump agenda, trump cabinet, trumps america
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Publisher: Washington Post

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23 Feb 2017

Thousands of emails detail EPA head’s close ties to fossil fuel industry

Oklahoma has turned over thousands of pages of emails between former attorney general Scott Pruitt’s office and the energy industry, meeting a  deadline set by a judge who ordered the documents’ release following more than two years of effort by an advocacy organization.
Oklahoma has turned over thousands of pages of emails between former attorney general Scott...
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emails, environment protection, oil companies, trump cabinet, trumps america
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