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Abolish the EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have a typical origin story. Congress did not create it by enacting a statute; President Richard Nixon created it by presidential edict.
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Trump: EPA boss expects to cut 65 percent of staff
Cutting EPA’s staff to around 5,000 employees would put the agency close to the numbers it had when it was created by ...
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Hundreds march in downtown San Diego, demanding fired EPA employees be rehired
A couple hundred people marched through downtown San Diego on Monday, calling it a life-or-death situation. KPBS reporter John Carroll says they’re demanding the Trump administration take action on ...
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Bonnie Brown: EPA can’t accomplish critical goals with massive budget cut
When I was a child I lived next to the Androscoggin River. Sludge floats of toxic industrial waste flowed past my home and out to sea. Fish died by the millions. In 1970 President Richard Nixon ...
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Trump team’s endgame: Gut EPA
Myron Ebell, who led the EPA transition team ahead of the first Trump administration, has long hoped for cuts of this ...
Local woman pushes to require schools to test for radon
A dangerous gas hiding in the soil is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Schools aren’t required to test for it, but a local group and lawmaker are trying to change that.