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Senate confirms Zeldin to lead EPA

The Associated Press on MSN · 17m

Senate confirms Zeldin to lead EPA as Trump vows to cut climate rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.

Reuters on MSN · 10m

Majority of US Senate votes to confirm Zeldin as EPA head

A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, who will play a key role in rolling back major Biden administration climate rules aimed at slashing emissions from vehicles,

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Lee Zeldin confirmed as EPA administrator in bipartisan Senate vote

The Senate confirmed former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a bipartisan vote, paving the way for the Trump administration’s de-regulatory agenda.

EPA, Science Review Board

Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

EPA science advisers’ firings blasted as ‘politically motivated’

Left hanging are EPA reviews of lead, nitrogen oxides and ozone, three pollutants associated with serious health and environmental effects.

POLITICO on MSN · 18h

EPA fires science advisers

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has ousted all members of two of the agency's most influential science advisory panels, giving President Donald Trump's administration the opportunity to reshape them with its own appointees.

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EPA employees told to pause most external communications and cancel meetings with outside parties

The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An ...

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Los Angeles wildfires: California cities vow to ‘shut down’ EPA’s dumping site for ‘toxic’ waste

Four cities in Southern California are opposing an EPA processing site for "hazardous" waste from Los Angeles County's ...

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Interior, EPA set deadlines for staffers to return to the office

Employees should expect to be back in offices full time by Feb. 24, according to memos sent Friday. Interior Department and ...

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EPA says President Trump ordered agency to move quickly on Eaton fire’s toxic waste site in Azusa

The EPA set up a waste collection site in Lario Park in Azusa, saying it was under orders to act quickly from President Trump ...

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EPA plans to truck Eaton fire debris to a San Gabriel Valley park. Four cities lodge protest

The plan to open a site to process Eaton fire debris near foothill communities has prompted swift backlash from San Gabriel ...

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EPA halts fund disbursement under OMB memo

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has halted disbursement of federal aid as part of an order from the White House ...

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Trump Today: President to sign first immigration bill; EPA nominee faces Senate vote

President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign his first immigration bill Wednesday. Here’s what else he is doing today.

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Gov. Newsom pressures EPA to speed up hazardous material removal from Eaton, Palisades fire zones

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he has put pressure on the EPA in speeding up the hazardous waste removal process ...

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