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EPA Dismisses Trump-Appointed Science Board Members, Seeks Expert Replacements

EPA Dismisses Trump-Appointed Science Board Members, Seeks Expert Replacements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday it will remove more than 40 members of scientific advisory panels appointed under the previous administration in an effort to reduce the heavy influence of regulated industries over the regulatory process. The Trump administration barred — illegally, according to critics — experts who received EPA grants […]

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    How to Improve Public Health, the Environment and Racial Equity Through Housing

    How to Improve Public Health, the Environment and Racial Equity Through Housing

    By Jonathan Levy During a presidential election debate on Oct. 22, 2020, former President Donald Trump railed against Democratic proposals to retrofit homes. “They want to take buildings down because they want to make bigger windows into smaller windows,” he said. “As far as they’re concerned, if you had no window, it would be a […]

    The Words ‘Climate’ and ‘Science’ Are Back on EPA Website After Four Dark Years Under Trump

    The Words ‘Climate’ and ‘Science’ Are Back on EPA Website After Four Dark Years Under Trump

    By Andrea Germanos The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday brought back its climate change website — a resource the former Trump administration had yanked. How it started. How it’s going. Climate science is back at the @EPA 👇https://t.co/WuC789TKue pic.twitter.com/IXCrji7Biw — Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (@ClimateCrisis) March 18, 2021 “Climate facts are […]

    Environmentalists Seek Climate Action in U.S. Infrastructure Bill

    Environmentalists Seek Climate Action in U.S. Infrastructure Bill

    Environmental groups are launching a $10 million push for Congress to make climate change central to infrastructure legislation. “The Great American Build” campaign, a joint effort of Climate Power, the League of Conservation Voters and Potential Energy Coalition, will pressure lawmakers to include funding for climate action as part of the emerging infrastructure package. “Americans […]

    Line 3: Stopping the Next Big Climate Threat Crossing the U.S.-Canada Border

    Line 3: Stopping the Next Big Climate Threat Crossing the U.S.-Canada Border

    By Tara Lohan One of President Joe Biden’s first acts in office put an end to a decade-long fight over the Keystone XL — a pipeline that would have carried climate-polluting tar sands from Alberta, Canada into the United States. Biden’s Executive Order said the Keystone XL’s approval “would undermine U.S. climate leadership” and that […]

    Michael Regan Becomes First Black Man to Head EPA

    Michael Regan Becomes First Black Man to Head EPA

    The Senate on Wednesday voted 66 to 34 to confirm Biden-nominee Michael Regan as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), making him the first Black man to hold the position. Regan is one of several nominees that the Biden administration announced in December as part of a team to tackle the climate crisis. But […]

    Biden DOI Reverses Trump Rule That Stripped Migratory Bird Protections

    Biden DOI Reverses Trump Rule That Stripped Migratory Bird Protections

    On Monday the Biden administration restored protections for migratory birds from accidental, industry-caused deaths. In 2017 the Trump administration altered the interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) arguing that it only prohibited the direct hunting or killing of birds, not unintended deaths from wind turbines or oil spills, for example, EcoWatch reported at […]

    New Pesticides Will Modify Insect Genes: What Could Go Wrong?

    New Pesticides Will Modify Insect Genes: What Could Go Wrong?

    By Kendra Klein Biden’s election has boosted hopes that scientific integrity will be restored in the federal government. To make good on that promise, the administration will need to take action to safeguard against the risks of an entirely new type of pesticide, one developed by genetic engineers rather than chemists. These pesticides will broadcast […]