Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and...

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency head as Trump targets rules meant to slow climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency head as Trump targets rules meant to slow climate change.

Things to know about the Trump administration order on miles per gallon for cars and pickups

DETROIT (AP) — Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change. Duffy...

Trump's EPA nominee stays vague on plans as senators press him on climate views

Lee Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a department likely to play a central role in President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slash federal regulations...

Communities in Washington state wade into debate over adding fluoride to drinking water

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three cities in southwest Washington have joined the list of communities nationally that have revisited the issue of adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water. City council members in Longview plan to discuss the issue Thursday during a public...

Harmful sewage continues to pollute Kailua Bay despite increased scrutiny

As rains fell hard this week, the treated sewage that flowed into the ocean from the city’s regional wastewater plant in Kailua was found to have abnormally high levels of bacteria, posing a health risk to nearby beachgoers. Now, with more heavy rains headed toward Oʻahu,...

Weeks after fire ravaged LA's Pacific Palisades, residents return to dig for mementos

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of Los Angeles residents returned Tuesday to wildfire-ravaged Pacific Palisades after officials began letting people drive back into the scorched community, the first opportunity most have had to carefully scour the sites of their former homes. Sifting...