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Trump, White House and EPA

White House softens Trump’s comments on EPA staff cuts after Cabinet meeting

President Donald Trump recently said the Environmental Protection Agency would cut 65% of jobs as part of cuts, but the White House has since clarified that he was referring to spending – not jobs. At his first Cabinet meeting Wednesday,

POLITICO on MSN · 16h

White House says Trump meant EPA will cut 65 percent of spending, not staff

The president also said EPA has found "a lot of people that didn't exist" at the agency, but did not elaborate.

The New York Times · 17h

Trump Said E.P.A. Would Lose 65 Percent of Staff. Then, a Correction.

The president said Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, was planning mass layoffs. Several hours later, White House officials said the president was referring to budget cuts.

EPA, climate change and White House

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

EPA urges White House to strike down landmark climate finding

The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.

The Associated Press on MSN · 16h

EPA head urges Trump to reconsider scientific finding that underpins climate action, AP sources say

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change.

The Independent on MSN · 20h

EPA pushes White House to ignore scientific finding that helped form current climate policy

“If the Administration were to reverse the endangerment finding, greenhouse gases would no longer need to be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Presumably, EPA would then simply move to revoke all of Biden’s major climate rules regulating cars, trucks, power plants, and oil and gas operations,” wrote UCLA environmental law professor Ann Carlson.

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Lee Zeldin Reportedly Takes Major Shot At Heart Of Dems’ Climate Agenda

Administrator Lee Zeldin has reportedly recommended that the White House reverse an Obama-era finding that underpins ...

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EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm

The recommendation by Lee Zeldin, the agency's administrator, could upend existing and future regulations on climate change.

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News Reports: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Wants to Strike Down EPA’s Endangerment Finding

Decision Would Trample Science and Violate the Law; Would Harm Millions of Americans Suffering from Climate Pollution ...

Spectrum News NY112d

New EPA Chief Lee Zeldin backs White House position on offshore wind, jobs and economy

Republican Lee Zeldin ran a tough campaign for governor ... York projects Before Zeldin’s U.S. Senate confirmation, the White House signaled a reversal of Biden-era gas car bans, lower ...

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$2 billion in ‘gold bars’ sent from EPA to Abrams-linked climate organization: Lee Zeldin

Power Forward Communities was founded as a coalition of groups, led by Rewiring America, at which Abrams serves as senior ...

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Trump administration shifts to next phase of large-scale cuts to federal workforce

The Trump administration Wednesday ordered heads of federal departments and agencies to prepare to initiate "large-scale reductions in force" by March 13 ...

Inside Climate News15h

EPA Would Shrink to 1970 Staffing Levels—‘When the Skies Were Dark With Smog’—Under Proposed Plan

Trump presented EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s plan at a cabinet meeting devoted to a massive rollback in the size of the ...

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Trump’s EPA Plots Single Strike Against US Climate Change Rules

President Donald Trump’s top environmental regulator is recommending the US government scrap its formal conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger the public, a move that would sweep away the legal ...

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