The Former Lobbyists Making Key Decisions at the E.P.A.

The Environmental Protection Agency has hired numerous former lobbyists and industry insiders who now work on chemical regulation, emission limits and other rules.

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Solar for All Program Cuts Hit G.O.P and Democrat Voters Alike

The Trump administration canceled a $7 billion program intended to help low- and moderate-income families install rooftop solar panels.

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Environmental Protection Agency Employees Working Despite Furloughs Plan

E.P.A. employees said that they were working without pay, and that Trump administration officials had not told them how long the funding would last. Union officials said they were “highly confused.”

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Super PACs Pay $900,000 to Settle Inquiry Tied to Zeldin’s Governor Run

The settlement, which includes no admission of wrongdoing, ends an inquiry into possible illegal coordination between two super PACs and Lee Zeldin’s 2022 campaign for governor.

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Trump’s Climate Rollback Takes on a Key Scientific Finding

The federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases depends on a 2009 scientific determination. The Trump administration wants to repeal it.

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E.P.A. Keeps Polluters on the Hook to Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’

The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.

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Top Scientific Body Finds Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are a Danger

The assessment contradicts the Trump administration’s legal arguments for relaxing pollution rules.

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E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.

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Court Hands a Loss to Groups Seeking Billions in Frozen Climate Funds

The nonprofit organizations are fighting a Trump administration effort to claw back climate and clean energy grants.

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How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role

The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.

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