Many Groups Promised Federal Aid Still Have No Funds and No Answers
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Many Groups Promised Federal Aid Still Have No Funds and No Answers

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last year, the Ritenour School District in Missouri won a $9.5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, to replace its worn-out diesel school buses with clean-running electric models. By mid-January, the buses were almost there: waiting at a dealer’s lot, just an…

Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists
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Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections. Lee Zeldin, Mr. Trump’s choice to…

Lee Zeldin, Trump’s E.P.A. Nominee, Is Short on Environmental Experience
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Lee Zeldin, Trump’s E.P.A. Nominee, Is Short on Environmental Experience

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Of all the government agencies that President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to shrink or eliminate, perhaps none has been a greater target than the Environmental Protection Agency. During the first Trump administration, the nation’s top regulator of air and water pollution and…

In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer
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In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks, saying in a study on Tuesday that, in some cases, the risks could exceed the agency’s…

Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment
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Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment

ByNews Polite

President-elect Donald Trump meant it when he vowed to juice the economy by rolling back needless regulations, and nothing proves that more than his choice of ex-Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin — who in 2022 came closer to becoming New York governor than any Republican…