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Brownfields Bill Backers Plan Push To Fund Program At New Spending Level
As the House prepares to vote on bipartisan brownfields legislation later this week, supporters of the bill say they plan to urge appropriators to fully fund any revised EPA program at the increased funding levels the new bill authorizes in order to gain the full benefits of the legislation and ensure the agency can fund more projects than it currently is.
Former EPA Official Blasts Senate Spending Bill As Threat To Enforcement
EPA's former enforcement chief is blasting draft Senate spending legislation as a major threat to the agency's ability to bring new enforcement actions, citing significant proposed cuts in several spending categories that would translate into even larger reductions in the agency's ability to bring actions than broad spending figures suggest.
CBD Sues To Glean Scope Of Industry Influence In Pruitt 'Sue-Settle' Order
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is suing EPA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to gather information on Administrator Scott Pruitt's recent directive that seeks to curb so-called "sue-and-settle" agreements the agency reaches, often with environmental groups, to set a deadline to take a mandatory action.
House Republicans Hold 'Nascent' Talks On Bill To Limit CWA Jurisdiction
The top Republican on the House science panel's environment subcommittee says there are "bubbling, nascent discussions" on potential legislation to limit the reach of the Clean Water Act (CWA), but any such bill could be far off despite subcommittee members voicing support for restricting the law's scope during a Nov. 29 hearing.
Barrasso Backs Rule Fix To End Democrats' Holds On Trump's EPA Picks
Senate environment committee chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) is publicly supporting GOP efforts to limit debate on executive branch nominees in an effort to
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Kev Trump Picks At Odds Over EPA's Power To Weigh Costs In Air Standards
Key Trump administration environment nominees are at odds over whether EPA has sufficient legal authority to consider compliance costs when setting national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), even though a unanimous Supreme Court opinion found that the agency lacks such power under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Daily Feed
EPA is meeting its targets for "deregulatory actions" required by executive orders from President Donald Trump, a top agency official says.
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The EPA chief says scientific studies "don't talk about cause and effect" when it comes to climate change and hurricanes, but they could show that storms are "enhanced in some way."
Survey finds many lawmakers muted on CPP repeal
A group supporting federal climate change policy finds the reaction is "substantially more muted" than lawmaker responses to President Donald Trump's June announcement that he intends to leave the Paris climate agreement.
A second report due in April from an EPA advisory committee will recommend ways the agency can strengthen its use of non-governmental "citizen science."
Industry, environmental groups, states and other stakeholders' comments on a possible new Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule likely preview future litigation arguments.
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