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The Trump administration has withdrawn or delayed 860 proposed regulations in its first five months, the beginnings of a regulatory overhaul meant to bolster economic growth. Federal agencies have withdrawn 469 proposed regulations compared to a fall 2016 report when Barack Obama was president, according to figures the White House budget office.
On July 7, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found "unreasonable," and thus threw out, the "verified recycler" exclusion promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its 2015 revisions to the definition of solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act . The court reinstated the "transfer-based" exclusion promulgated by EPA under the Bush Administration.
Seeteram, N., L. Prieto, A. Dvarskas, JohnM Johnston, AND Mike Cyterski. The Use of Hedonic Analysis Within An Ecosystem Services Assessment To Inform Post-Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Resiliency Planning in Long Island, NY.
The Trump administration has withdrawn or delayed 860 proposed regulations in its first five months, the beginnings of a regulatory overhaul meant to bolster economic growth. Federal agencies have withdrawn 469 proposed regulations compared to a fall 2016 report when Barack Obama was president, according to figures from the White House budget office.
A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of a new rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision Monday, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the Obama-era requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas operations.
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Monday that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of an Obama administration rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the new requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas operations.
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Monday that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of a new rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the Obama-era requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas operations.
Scott Pruitt sued the EPA more than a dozen times before he was named as the agency's head this year. As new and worrying evidence of global warming's destructive impacts mount around the globe, climate experts are saying efforts by the Trump administration's EPA chief to discredit decades of climate science research should be seen as a deceitful-and dangerous-tactic.
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A Minnesota scientist who leads an Environmental Protection Agency scientific advisory board says she was pressured by the agency's chief of staff to change her congressional testimony to downplay the Trump administration's decision not to reappoint half the panel's members. Emails show that EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson asked Deborah Swackhamer, who recently retired from the University of Minnesota, to stick to the agency's stance at a hearing last month that the decision on those appointments had not yet been made.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration added another Obama-era regulation to its list of policy rollbacks. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposal to strike the 2015 "Waters of the United States" regulation, which had expanded the number of U.S. waterways subject to federal review for pollution control purposes.
The Trump administration has begun the legal process of rolling back an Obama-era rule that establishes protections for the country's water supply. Former President Barack Obama established the Waters of the United States rule under the 1972 Clean Water Act to extend federal protections of bodies of water around the country.
U.S. Sen. John Thune said Tuesday that he applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for initiating a formal process to withdraw the Waters of the United States rule. He said the EPA and the Corps now begin a replacement rulemaking process that will gather input and re-evaluate the definition of WOTUS.
Don Benton, a former Republican Washington state senator, talks about his new job leading the U.S. Selective Service System, which registers men for a nonexistent military draft. He also talks about why he likes taking the metro in Washington, D.C. , why he no longer works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and what really happened when he allegedly called another lawmaker "a trashy, trampy mouthed little girl."
With a near tie for second place between Scott Pruitt of the Environmental Protection Agency and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "It's hard to be worse than Sessions or Pruitt.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is scheduled to go to Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to defend draconian cuts to his agency's budget and climate programs. I will be checking my ears for burns.
The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting an analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act to determine the environmental effects of a westerly heading for turboprop aircraft departing from Runway 34 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport . The heading would only be used when the airport is landing and departing to the north .
A proposal to open Delaware's environmentally protected coastal zone to new heavy industry passed its first legislative hurdle Wednesday, clearing a House committee despite complaints from environmental groups and other opponents about the lack of public input. The bill, supported by Gov. John Carney establishes a permitting process for new use of 14 existing industry sites, including abandoned and polluted brownfields.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to the media at the White House on June 2, 2017, about President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate agreement. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt made the Sunday morning talk show rounds in an effort to defend President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate accord.