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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Setbacks in the Fight Against Climate Change

Readers object to Trump administration actions on climate change. Also: The Israel-Gaza war; a defense of home-schooling.

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E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change

The agency’s administrator said in a podcast that the move would be “the largest deregulatory action in the history of America.”

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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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E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.

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Trump May Not Be Done Overhauling Renewable Energy

Days after the passage of a sprawling domestic policy bill, the Trump administration announced moves that could further hamstring renewable energy.

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No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says

The agency took the unusual step of creating websites debunking the conspiracy theory that chemicals are being sprayed in the sky to control the weather or do other things.

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E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency.

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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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