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Alabama coal ash site may be ‘dirtiest in the nation,’ environmental group says
Widows Creek Fossil Plant, in the northeast corner of Alabama near Georgia, closed in 2015. There are four legacy coal ash ...
5 companies bid in Colorado’s first greenhouse-gas credit auction, criticized as pay-to-pollute scheme
Colorado held its first greenhouse gas credit auction but details on which companies bought their way out of emissions ...
‘Willing to do the work’: How South County made one of Nora Vargas’ biggest critics her successor
Last September, worry had surged for residents along the Tijuana River Valley. Research teams announced they had found ...
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EPA starting to test on Anderson superfund contamination site
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have begun digging test wells along the Broadway Superfund site in ...
Beloved CT university scenic landmark gets $11M makeover. Why the plan changed and what’s now in it.
The $11 million project — expected to be completed this fall — is not the one initially envisioned a decade ago when it was ...
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EPA Slashes Workforce, Reorganizes To Save American Taxpayers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a major staff cut on Friday, citing that the agency’s reorganizational ...
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Working in a Superfund site
Gazette, there was a story covering an oil-holding tank leak near a current Superfund site in Norphlet. Although it wasn't at the actual site, the name brought back vivid memories.
Maryland fires back against EPA claims about its offshore wind permit
The Department of the Environment defended its air permit for the US Wind offshore project near Ocean City, rejecting an EPA ...
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff ...
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EPA eliminates research office, fires thousands of employees
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff ...
5-year-old dies after being pulled from water at Indian Well State Park
A 5-year-old died on Friday after being pulled from the water at Indian Well State Park on earlier this week, according to ...
EPA cuts its scientific research office, as layoffs set to take effect
The research and development office had been in the crosshairs of organizations allied with President Donald Trump.