Environmental Groups Sue Over D.O.E. Report Downplaying Climate Change

The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.

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Trump Cracks Down on Bird Deaths, but Only From Wind Turbines

Critics accused the administration of a double standard, trying to stop wind projects because of potential bald eagle deaths while easing rules for oil and gas companies.

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E.P.A. Cancels Federal Union Contracts in Push to End Collective Bargaining

President Trump has faced legal challenges from unions representing federal workers for his push to strip them of labor protections.

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Candidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, They’re Getting It.

New tallies of the administration’s tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the fossil fuel industry.

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Controversial Interior Department Aide From DOGE to Leave Agency

Tyler Hassen, a former oil executive who had spent time on Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team, faced criticism because he had been given broad authority to make changes at the department.

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U.S. and Mexico Sign Deal to Stop Sewage Release Into Tijuana River

The agreement addresses a longstanding problem that has sickened people in both countries.

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FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.

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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said

Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in disaster response.

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An Offhand Remark About Gold Bars, Secretly Recorded, Upended His Life

Brent Efron’s “boring” Tinder date wanted to hear all about his work at the Environmental Protection Agency, so Mr. Efron talked. If only he’d seen the hidden camera.

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