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FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, a class of eighth-grade students and their chaperones sit in a meadow at Yosemite National Park, Calif., below Yosemite Falls. Some of the West’s iconic national parks are beginning to partially close as they deal with overflowing restrooms and vandals on the 10th day of a federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/Scott Smith, File)

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‘It’s really a nightmare scenario’

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press, and Jocelyn Gecker Associated PressDecember 31, 2018

FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. The Trump administration on Friday targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human health and the environment may not be worth the cost of the regulation. The 2011 Obama administration rule, called the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, led to...

EPA targets mercury rule

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressDecember 29, 2018

In this Nov. 26, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Trump has moved steadily to dismantle Obama administration efforts to rein in coal, oil and gas emissions, even as warnings grow _ from his own administration and others _ about the devastating impact of climate change on the U.S. economy as well as the earth. Trump has dismissed his administration’s warnings about the impact...

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Trump dismantles US climate efforts as warnings grow

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressNovember 29, 2018

FILE-In this March 10, 2015 file photo, firefighters burned about 30 acres of oak woodland Tuesday, March 10, 2015, during a prescribed burn along the eastern edge of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in Shasta County, Calif. Creating fire buffers between housing and dry grasslands and brush and burying spark-prone power lines underground would give people a better chance of surviving wildfires, experts say. So would controlled burns, a proven, historic practice that has been...

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Fatal California fires spur search for solutions

by Matthew Brown Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressNovember 14, 2018

A CT scan technician prepares for a patient at the Silver Cross Emergency Care Center in Homer Glen, Ill., Jan. 9, 2013. The Trump administration is quietly trying to weaken radiation rules, relying on scientific outliers who argue that a little radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

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Experts say Trump’s EPA moving to loosen radiation limits

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressOctober 3, 2018

A CT scan technician prepares for a patient at the Silver Cross Emergency Care Center in Homer Glen, Ill., Jan. 9, 2013. The Trump administration is quietly trying to weaken radiation rules, relying on scientific outliers who argue that a little radiation damage is actually good for you – like a little bit of sunlight.

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EPA says a little radiation may be healthy

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressOctober 2, 2018

FILE- In this April 23, 2018, file photo a car is filled with gasoline at a station in Windham, N.H. Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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US memo: No need to conserve oil

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressAugust 19, 2018

SCOTT PRUITT

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EPA chief Pruitt out amid scandals

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressJuly 6, 2018

FILE - In this May 16, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. James Inhofe on June 20 mounted a strong public defense of Pruitt, calling ethics allegations against Pruitt “outrageous” and “lies.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Senator defends EPA chief Pruitt

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressJune 21, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies May 16 before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressMay 25, 2018