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These images from the EPA's webpage on Climate and Energy Resources for State, Local, and Tribal Governments as it appeared April 13. 2017, left, and as it appeared on Feb. 1, 2018. Newly released emails show EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt personally monitored efforts last year to excise much of the information about climate change from the agency’s website, especially President Obama’s signature effort to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. (EPA via AP)

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Emails: Pruitt monitored changes to EPA webpages on climate

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressFebruary 3, 2018

FILE - In this June 2, 2017, file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Environmental Protection Agency is touting cleanups finalized at seven of the nation’s most polluted places as a signature accomplishment in its effort to reduce the number of Superfund sites. But records show the physical work was completed before the current administration took charge. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Superfund work touted by Trump EPA was completed years ago

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Jason Dearen Associated PressJanuary 5, 2018

In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, Anthony Stansbury fishes in the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs, Fla. When Stansbury moved down the street from the Anclote River in Florida last year, he didn’t know his slice of paradise had a hidden problem. The neighborhood is adjacent to the Stauffer Chemical Co. Superfund site, a former chemical manufacturing plant on the list of the nation’s most polluted places. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Toxic Trouble: Hundreds of Superfund sites face flood risks

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Angeliki Kastanis Associated PressDecember 22, 2017

A stairway crosses the hole left by the whip of Hurricane Maria in the residence of Edgardo de León, which was declared a total loss by FEMA staff, in Cataño, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017.

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Big contracts, no storm tarps for Puerto Rico

by Tami Abdollah Associated Press, and Michael Biesecker Associated PressNovember 28, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, Whitefish Energy Holdings workers restore power lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Oct. 27, it had no involvement in the decision to award a 300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown.FEMA said in a statement that any language in the controversial contract saying the agency approved of the deal with Whitefish Energy Holdings is inaccurate. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

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Puerto Rico power contract criticized

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressOctober 27, 2017

Member of the Texas Campaign for the Environment prepare to deliver over 2,300 letters from Texas families to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region VI office in Dallas, Thursday.

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EPA orders cleanup at Texas toxic site

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressOctober 12, 2017

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt talks to a reporter after speaking at Whayne Supply in Hazard, Ky, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Pruitt says the Trump administration will abandon the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming. AP Photo/Adam Beam

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EPA chief vows to end Clean Power Plan

by Adam Beam Associated Press, and Michael Biesecker Associated PressOctober 9, 2017

A hat rests on a bed surrounded by debris after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The island territory of more than 3 million U.S. citizens is reeling in the devastating wake of Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

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Aid heads to Puerto Rico amid growing pleas for help

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Andrew Tayor Associated PressSeptember 26, 2017

A gate at the U.S. Oil Recovery Superfund site is shown Thursday, Sept. 14, in Pasadena, Texas, where three tanks once used to store toxic waste were flooded during Hurricane Harvey.

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AP Exclusive: Evidence of spills at toxic site during floods

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Frank Bajak Associated PressSeptember 19, 2017

In this June 7, 2017, photo, a coal barge is positioned as a backdrop behind President Donald Trump as he speaks during a rally at the Rivertowne Marina in Cincinnati. President Donald Trump personally promised to activate emergency legal authorities to keep dirty or economically uncompetitive coal plants from shutting down, a top American coal company said. The Trump administration now says it has no plans to do so.

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A coal country dispute over an alleged Trump promise unmet

by Jeff Horwitz Associated Press, Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressAugust 22, 2017