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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

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...

In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution
For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often made up largely of Black, Latino and low-income Americans. Now that short-lived era is over. ...
With EPA support, the Corps is moving forward with flood relief project for Mississippi Delta
Barring any legal challenge, it appears the South Delta is finally getting its pumps. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers announced last Friday it’s moving forward with an altered version of the Yazoo Pumps, a flood relief project that the agency has touted for decades. The project now...

The Latest: Burgum, Zeldin and more appear for confirmation hearings, Bondi returns for day 2
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run. Here's the latest: ...
