Trump administration halts EPA science board meeting as agency faces major research cuts

Trump administration halts EPA science board meeting as agency faces major research cuts

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency canceled a key science advisory board meeting without explanation, raising concerns amid broader efforts to dismantle its research division and lay off scientists.Liza Gross reports for Inside Climate News.In short:The EPA abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting of its Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), an advisory group that oversees the agency’s scientific research, without rescheduling or explanation…

Trump EPA Reportedly Axing Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Rule

President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly eliminating the requirement for industrial plants to collect and report their greenhouse gas emissions, according to multiple reports.

Trump Issues Executive Order Delaying Stricter EPA Emissions Standards in Bid to Boost Coal Industry - Mahomet Daily

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order titled “Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy,” granting a two-year extension for compliance with stricter emissions standards under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The executive order is part of the administration’s broader effort to bolster domestic coal production. The proclamation delays compliance w…

EPA cancels key science advisory board meeting

Read the full story from Inside Climate News. In what appears to be the latest attack on the science and regulations that protect public health and the environment, the Trump administration notified top advisors to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific research arm that their first meeting of Trump’s second term was canceled. The advisors … Continue reading EPA cancels key science advisory board meeting

Ohio EPA’s Vogel Named US EPA Region 5 Administrator

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Anne Vogel, who led Ohio’s environmental cleanup efforts in East Palestine as director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, has been named the new U.S. EPA administrator of Region 5. U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zelden announced Monday that President Donald Trump appointed Vogel to the position. Vogel replaces Debra Shore, who […] The post Ohio EPA’s Vogel Named US EPA Region 5 Administrator appeared first on Busines…

Trump’s EPA Plans To Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

(Shutterstock) By Sharon LernerProPublicaTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-tra…