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EPA chief: Trump to undo Obama plan to curb global warming

Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt is sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito at the Executive Office in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carlos Barria/ReutersWASHINGTON — The head of the...

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Sweetening the Deal for Democrats

After the embarrassing failure of the Republicans' health care bill, President Trump's chief strategist Steven Bannon says the White House will be busy with executive orders and other policy moves this...

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Trump's Climate Order Could Send More Pollution Toward Trump Tower

President Trump said his executive order on energy policy, signed on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency, will mean more jobs for coal miners.The order lifts the ban on...

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Week 11: What Do We Have To Gain From China?

On this episode of Indivisible, we look ahead at President Trump's upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. And considering Trump's comments about China in the past -- that we need to...

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Toxic burden

At a time when environmental protections are under more threats than ever, Reveal visits minority communities facing toxic burdens. Head over to revealnews.org for more of our reporting. Follow us on...

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Trump's Budget Could Threaten Great Lakes Restoration

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Across the Great Lakes region, people are paying close attention to President Donald Trump's budget proposal.In the proposal, the president...

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EPA may allow massive mine near pristine Alaskan bay

Dillingham, Alaska, a fishing community of 2,300 is the largest town and hub of the Bristol Bay region. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News/MCT via Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration...

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"If I get fired, I'd wear that as a badge of honor."

President Donald Trump’s “America first” budget cuts about one-third or 31 percent of the funding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receives, even though Defense Secretary James Mattis believes...

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Trump administration seeks to slash EPA science office

The Flint Water Plant tower is seen in Flint, Michigan. Photo by REUTERS/Rebecca CookWhen the city of Toledo temporarily lost access to clean drinking water several years ago after a bloom of toxic...

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What leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the world

Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: As we just heard, there are reports that President Trump may not keep the United States in the Paris climate accord, the 2015 agreement signed by nearly 200 nations to reduce...

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Trump administration defends Paris pullout amid outpouring of support for the...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Reaction to the president’s announcement yesterday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has been unusually fierce on both...

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Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal...

Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice’s use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education’s requirements on investigations. Photo...

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Court Halts E.P.A.'s Methane Regulation Rollback Attempt

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a blow to the Trump administration's environmental agenda earlier this week: It blocked efforts to stymie Obama-era policy intended to restrict...

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Has the moment for environmental justice been lost?

Stairs, which are all that remain where a house once stood, are pictured in Waveland, Mississippi. Ten years later, the stairway of a house destroyed by Hurricane Katrina still stands in Waveland,...

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11 states sue over EPA delay of new chemical safety rules

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Eleven states have sued the Trump administration,...

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Pruitt rolls out plan to streamline cleanup of Superfund sites

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks during an interview for Reuters at his office in Washington, D.C. Photo by REUTERS/Yuri Gripas.WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s...

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After a 7-year scream fest, can senators cross party lines?

Coming up on today's show: After seven years of increasingly heated rhetoric, will Senate Republicans admit defeat and begin to work with Democrats on a new health care bill? Some politicians have...

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5 overlooked politics stories that are worth your time

Escorts who ensure women can reach the clinic lineup as they face off protesters outside the EMW Women’s Surgical Center in Louisville, Kentucky on January 27, 2017. Photo by REUTERS/Chris KenningThe...

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From Texas to Florida, toxic sites risk flooding

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThe post From Texas to Florida, toxic sites risk flooding appeared first on PBS NewsHour.

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Controversy over EPA's Nominee to Direct Chemical Regulations

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Today, the Senate holds a confirmation hearing for Michael Dourson, the Environmental Protection Agency's nominee to lead its chemical...

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The ongoing fight over the Rover pipeline, explained

Earlier this year, federal regulators blocked Energy Transfer Partners from drilling until it addressed environmental concerns over the project. Photo: Ohio EPAPresident Donald Trump and Environmental...

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EPA chief says White House to roll back Obama-era clean power plan

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks during an interview for Reuters at his office in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas – RTX3B1DQHAZARD, Ky. — The head...

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News Wrap: Scott Pruitt says he’s ending EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The head of the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed it today: He’s ending President Obama’s Clean Power Plan that limited carbon emissions from...

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EPA Rollbacks, Trump's DACA Proposal and 'Managing the President'

Politico White House reporterJosh Dawsey discusses President Trump's DACA proposal, how Scott Pruitt's ties to the coal industry is affecting the EPA and what Sen. Bob Corker's criticism about...

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What revoking the Clean Power Plan means, from both sides

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: President Trump has repeatedly pledged to unwind many of former President Obama’s signature policies, including the reduction of greenhouse gas...

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The Death Of The EPA? How Julia Child Shaped Danny Meyer, Pasta! Pasta!...

James Jacoby explores the “War on the EPA." Restaurateur Danny Meyer on receiving the Julia Child Award. SAVEUR's Adam Sachs and Stacy Adimando explore all things pasta. Alvin and Lawrence Ubell on...

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How Scott Pruitt Is Destroying The EPA, From Within

During his time as Oklahoma's attorney general, Scott Pruitt regularly sued the EPA over its regulations. Now, he operates the federal agency, and has not wasted time dismantling Obama-era...

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One By One, the Trump Administration Nixes Environmental Rules

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Speaking from Hazard, Kentucky on Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the war on coal is...

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Trump’s E.P.A. Pledges to Clean Up NYC’s ‘Most Radioactive Site' – But...

By Sarah Stein Kerr and Annie NovaThe Trump administration is taking on its first Superfund cleanup in New York City – that is, assuming it has the money.Last month, a $40 million plan to remediate a...

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Pruitt dismisses climate science, environmental policy in flux

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThe post Pruitt dismisses climate science, environmental policy in flux appeared first on PBS NewsHour.

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Trump set to challenge Obama-era fuel standards in Detroit

A Ford Motor Company auto worker stands on the assembly line in Wayne, Michigan in August, 2008. Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota have all urged EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to relax...

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News Wrap: Russian officials, hackers charged in Yahoo case

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Short-term interest rates are going up again in the United States for the second time in three months. The Federal Reserve announced another...

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Trump’s budget cuts drastically into science and health programs

NASA’s budget for STEM education falls under the knife in the White House’s budget proposal for 2018. Photo by Hero Images/via Getty ImagesThe White House’s budget proposal for 2018, released Thursday,...

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Former EPA Head: Trump's Budget an 'All Out Assault' on the Environment

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.  On Thursday, President Donald Trump released his first federal budget — it includes enough policy shockers that even Republicans in Congress...

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Proposed Cuts 'Take a Sledgehammer' to the EPA

Brady Dennis, national reporter for The Washington Post, and Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org, talk about the funding cuts to the EPA in President Trump's budget.

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Schneiderman to Trump: Don't De-Fund EPA Superfund

President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget calls for a 30 percent cut to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site program. That reduction could threaten clean up of the polluted...

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For Many American Women, Sexual Harassment Comes With the Job

Coming up on today's show:A fifth woman has come forward accusing Judge Roy Moore of sexual misconduct, saying that the U.S. Senate candidate sexually assaulted her when she was just 16-years-old. We...

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Scott Pruitt is Slowly Remaking the EPA

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. While global carbon emissions are expected to increase this year, the ability of the EPA to produce new regulations might also be taking a...

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Sabotage?

Trump issues two orders to undermine Obamacare.

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Based on a True Story

This short film was produced by the Glassbreaker Films team at The Center for Investigative Reporting. Glassbreaker Films is an all-female group of filmmakers working to promote gender parity in...

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Rising Waters Make Superfund Sites More Dangerous

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentTony Leisner has lived in Tarpon Springs, Florida, his whole life. But as the waters along the Gulf Coast have risen in recent years, coming up...

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The Fallout from Deregulating Hazardous Chemicals, Debunking 'Post-Truth',...

Industrial hygienist Monona Rossol discusses how the Trump administration is weakening protections on hazardous chemicals. Slate columnist Dan Engber talks about his cover story for Slate called, “LOL...

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An Industrial Hygienist's Perspective on the Trump Administration

Industrial hygienist Monona Rossol discusses how the Trump administration is weakening protections on hazardous chemicals. She looks at how new appointments and legislation will affect the Consumer...

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#MeToo in Restaurants; Banning Books in Prisons; Trump's EPA; What's Your...

Coming up on today's show: Sierra Tishgart, senior editor for New York Magazine's food site Grub Street, talks about how some prominent men in the restaurant industry are not speaking publicly about...

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Social Media's Role in Iran, Chemical Spills & the EPA: Who's to Blame?,...

Dr. Haroon Ullah, Chief Strategy Officer at the Broadcasting Board of Governors and author of new book, Digital World War, discusses “There is No Backup Plan: Inside the Information War for Control of...

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Has the EPA Failed to Effectively Regulate Chemical Spills?

Award-winning filmmaker Cullen Hoback talks about his new film What Lies Upstream, which focuses on an investigation into a chemical spill in West Virginia. The story spirals into an indictment of the...

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Trump Administration Moves to Take Over Toxic Passaic River Cleanup from New...

Toward the end of the Obama administration, environmentalists in New Jersey got a big win when the federal government announced it would dredge over eight miles of toxic mud from the bottom of the...

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Under Trump, the Great Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup Gets More Uncertain

By Sarah Kerr and Annie NovaFilled with  industrial and human waste, the Gowanus Canal was first dubbed a public nuisance in 1877.Since then, it has only become filthier.The almost two-mile long...

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Scott Pruitt's Destruction of the EPA, from the Inside Out

Rebecca Leber, environment and energy reporter for Mother Jones, has been following Scott Pruitt since the day he became head of the EPA under Trump. In her cover story "Making America Toxic Again,”...

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Residents of Alabama Town Allege Environmental Racism. The EPA Disagrees.

In 2007, the Arrowhead landfill opened up next to Uniontown, Alabama. Two years later, trains began bringing in more than four million tons of toxic coal ash from Kingston, Tennessee, located roughly...

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