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Trump picks former congressman Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

Star Tribune · 2h

Of course Trump picked someone unqualified to run the EPA

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou

MSNBC on MSN · 2h

Trump’s EPA pick shows his intent to prioritize corporations over our health

It’s a bad sign when a person nominated for EPA chief puts “clean air and water” at the end of his list of goals.

Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?

What to expect: deregulation justified as boosts for the economy, and platitudes about the importance of clean air and water.

EPA, Greenhouse Gas

FOX News on MSN · 22h

EPA's new rule to charge oil and gas companies for emissions could face a Trump reckoning

The EPA on Tuesday announced a final rule to charge oil and gas companies for emissions, but opponents say it could face obstacles under the incoming GOP administration.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for emissions waste by oil and gas companies

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration.

EPA announces methane fee for oil gas companies

New regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency requires oil and gas companies to pay up if they emit dangerous levels of methane gas.

EPA failing to keep harmful pollutants from Louisiana plastics plants out of rivers: watchdog group

The group alleges that the EPA has not updated regulations as required under the law. Its report highlights Louisiana plants ...

EPA to hit oil and gas companies with "methane fee" for drilling waste — but will it last?

As outlined by the EPA, excess methane produced in 2024 could result in a fee of $900 per ton, with fees rising to $1,200 ...

6h

The EPA does not limit dioxins dumped in rivers by plastic makers. A Texas plant is the top offender

A new report details how plants that make plastics and their components fill U.S. waterways with nutrient pollution and ...

6h

Company that’s faced pushback in Missouri fined by EPA for violations in two western states

Denali Water Solutions, which spreads meatpacking sludge on farmland as fertilizer, will pay a $610,000 fine for pollution in ...

1don MSN

Lee Zeldin's appointment as EPA head brings a mixed reaction from Long Island environmental leaders

Long Island leaders say they're hopeful that Donald Trump's pick for head of the EPA, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, will in fact ...

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Trump taps former New York Rep Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

President-elect Donald Trump tapped former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin on Monday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency ...

2don MSN

Trump names former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA, adviser Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy

The announcement comes after Trump selected longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy ...

Government Executive6h

EPA employees are ‘freaking out’ over Trump’s return

“It’s a new dystopian hellscape,” one employee said. Another employee who received that message said it summed up the tone ...

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