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Biden administration to repeal Trump-era rule aimed at curbing EPA’s power

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration moved on Thursday to repeal a rule under the previous administration that limits the government’s ability to develop regulations on air pollution, which scientists have argued drive climate change and affect public health.The previous rule under the Trump administration was titled "Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process," also known as the Benefit-Cost Rule.Andrew Wheeler, an Environmental Protection Agency administrator under the Trump administration, finalized the policy last year, claiming that it would promote transparency and prevent other administrations from imposing restrictions. "Because all it is is about making things

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A final EPA rollback under Trump curbs use of health studies

The Environmental Protection Agency has completed one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration, changing how it considers evidence of harm from pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public-health regulation.EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is expected to formally announce completion of what he calls the “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” rule in an appearance before a conservative think tank on Tuesday. The EPA completed the final rule last week, but so far has declined to make the text public.The new rule would require the release of raw data from public-health studies whose findings the EPA uses in determining the danger of an air pollutant, toxic chemical or other threat.

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Critics say EPA allowing more time to fix lead-tainted water

The Trump administration overhauled the country's widely criticized, 29-year-old framework to eliminate toxic lead from drinking water on Tuesday, but critics charge that the new rule gives utilities far more time than before to finally replace old, lead-contaminated pipes.The new rules come six years after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis highlighted ongoing, dangerous exposure of children and others in the city to the neurotoxin in drinking water, and the failures of officials on all levels to adequately protect local families at the time.Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Tuesday the new regulation, proposed by the agency in 2019, “requires more replacements than ever before” for aging water systems

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EPA finalizes ‘lead and copper rule’ aimed at protecting children and communities

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced a new rule that will speed up how it notifies homeowners and buildings when they have been exposed to lead-contaminated water. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was joined by Flint, Michigan, Mayor Sheldon Neely at the virtual conference to make the announcement. Wheeler said the new "lead and copper rule" would close loopholes in previous regulations and protect children and communities from lead exposure.

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US gives Florida wider authority over wetland development

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The federal government granted Florida’s request for wider authority over wetland development, a move announced Thursday that came under immediate fire by environmentalists who worry that the country’s largest network of wetlands could be at risk of being further destroyed.The announcement by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler was long sought by developers and Republican allies, who argued that the layers of regulatory scrutiny were cumbersome, expensive and unnecessary.

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Trump’s new cost-benefit rule will curb EPA’s regulatory power

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Transition or tropics? EPA chief looks at final trips abroad

After months of travel to battleground states before Election Day, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency now is looking at taxpayer-funded trips abroad, including the tropics, in the Trump administration's last weeks.Administrator Andrew Wheeler had been invited next month to Taiwan, a trip with an estimated cost of $45,000, EPA spokesman James Hewitt said Thursday.“Administrator Wheeler remains head of the agency and will continue to advance environmental progress both here and abroad,” Hewitt said.The New York Times, which first reported Wheeler’s travel plans, said Wheeler and other EPA officials were expected to travel by chartered flight to minimize exposure to the coronavirus.The newspaper cited EPA aides as saying they had

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Some American planes to use coating that kills coronaviruses for seven days

Covid-19: a surface coating that kills coronaviruses for as many as seven days.The Environmental Protection Agency issued the emergency declaration for Allied BioScience Inc.’s SurfaceWise2 product, allowing it to be used in some American Airlines planes and airport facilities, as well as two Texas locations of Total Orthopedics Sports & Spine. All three companies are based in Texas, which sought the exemption.“This is a major, game-changing announcement for our efforts to combat coronavirus and Covid-19," EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told reporters on a conference call.

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Trump Cabinet members look to reassure battleground voters

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tromped through a strawberry festival in central Florida, detailing the government's new trade pact.

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EPA drops regulation for contaminant harming babies' brains

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ended an Obama-era drive to regulate a widespread contaminant in drinking water linked to brain damage in infants. The agency rejected warnings that the move will mean lower IQs for an unknown number of American newborns.Administrator Andrew Wheeler's announcement was the latest in a series of Trump administration rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections, targeting Obama administration initiatives in particular.

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Democrats decry 'pandemic of pollution' under Trump's EPA

WASHINGTON – Democrats on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration's moves to roll back environmental regulations during the coronavirus crisis, with one senator saying a "pandemic of pollution'' has been released.

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EPA scientists said U.S. should tighten key air pollution limit. The agency’s head just said no

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EPA: Homemade sanitizer won’t kill coronavirus, but these products will

Recipes for homemade hand-sanitizers have been circulating on social media amid a shortage due to coronavirus fears.

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