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As coronavirus ravages Louisiana, ‘cancer alley’ residents haven’t given up the fight against polluters
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As coronavirus ravages Louisiana, ‘cancer alley’ residents haven’t given up the fight against polluters

The state’s African Americans face some of the country’s worst pollution — and some of its most severe COVID-19 outcomes. The two may well be linked.
Causes
EPA bulldog stares down agency watchdog
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EPA bulldog stares down agency watchdog

Ryan Jackson finds himself facing off with EPA's acting inspector general.
Politics
EPA watchdog, citing 'open defiance' of inquiries, rebukes top agency aide
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EPA watchdog, citing 'open defiance' of inquiries, rebukes top agency aide

The agency's inspector general assailed the official for refusing to cooperate, calling his actions a “flagrant problem.”  
Politics
EPA bypassed its West Coast team as a feud with California escalated
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EPA bypassed its West Coast team as a feud with California escalated

Staff members in the regional office said they had no advance knowledge of a wide-ranging agency complaint against the state and described the process as highly unusual.
Solutions
How will Trump’s lax emissions standards save money and lives? By assuming Americans will simply drive less

How will Trump’s lax emissions standards save money and lives? By assuming Americans will simply drive less

Scientists under political pressure “basically knew the answer that the White House wanted, and they were going to cook the books,” one engineer says.
Politics
EPA: Wheeler kept up industry meetings after taking reins
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EPA: Wheeler kept up industry meetings after taking reins

Andrew Wheeler met with a range of companies and trade groups with interests before EPA after he took charge at the agency.
Politics
EPA: Spending on agency boss's security doubled under Pruitt
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EPA: Spending on agency boss's security doubled under Pruitt

The contingent of security guards protecting the EPA administrator more than tripled under Scott Pruitt's watch, according to a report released today by the EPA inspector general.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
grid-scale battery storage

Big batteries are cutting emissions and reshaping the grid

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Trump faces obstacles in limiting lawsuits targeting fossil fuel industry

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Wind energy jobs grow, but safety concerns rise

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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

CLIMATE
Oil well in silhouette with blue sky behind it.

Oil companies use legal loopholes to avoid well cleanup costs

A black-and-white photo of the Los Angeles skyline shrouded in pollution as viewed from nearby mountains.

L.A. is rethinking its future with housing and transit reforms