Trump’s E.P.A. Filing Fewer Lawsuits Against Polluters

In its first six months, the Trump administration has filed 11 civil cases against polluters compared with the Biden administration’s 30.

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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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Coal Plants Emailed the E.P.A. to Avoid Clean-Air Rules

Sites including at least 15 coal plants sought exemptions from environmental rules using a new Trump administration system to fast-track requests, documents show.

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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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Justices Let Fuel Producers Challenge California’s Limits on Car Emissions

The 7-to-2 decision stressed that it did not address the merits of the dispute, and concerned only whether the producers had standing to sue.

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Trump Blocks California E.V. Rules in Latest Move to Rein In the State

California leaders said the state intends to challenge the move in court, and to find new ways to move drivers toward electric vehicles.

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House Votes to Block California Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars in 2035

Republicans, joined by a handful of Democrats, voted to eliminate California’s electric vehicle policy, which had been adopted by 11 other states.

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Almost Half of Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, Report Finds

Weakening or rolling back longstanding environmental regulations would worsen the problem, the American Lung Association assessment says.

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E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

Invoking an obscure provision, it said power plants and others could write to ask for exemptions to mercury, arsenic and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”

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As the E.P.A. Withers, Will Its Museum Follow?

Tucked away near the White House is a tribute to the environmental agency and its history — for the time being, anyway.

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