While the world has been focused, justifiably, on other things, the Trump administration has been reshaping environmental policy. But how far has it gone?
While Hurricane Irma was bearing down on South Florida last week, EPA chief Scott Pruitt said now is not the time to talk about climate change. So if not now, when?
Pennsylvania received more than $51 million in EPA grants to cleanup brownfields and Superfund sites over the last five years. But those funds are now in jeopardy.
It only took about a day for the Environmental Protection Agency to reverse its decision to delay implementation of new, tougher air pollution standards developed during the Obama administration.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds projects that protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world. Can it be saved?
Thanks to a group of dedicated citizen lobbyists using the power of polite persistence, there’s a small but growing bipartisan movement in Congress to tackle climate change.
The EPA’s Environmental Justice office is meant to defend communities that face a disproportionate share of the effects of pollution. But the office’s funding could be cut entirely in President Trump’s 2018 budget proposal.
When toxins from a harmful algal bloom caused Toledo to issue a “Do Not Drink Advisory” to 400,000 people, Ohio Sea Grant was a first responder. But now the program, which manages over 50 different projects focused on the blooms, is on the Trump administration's chopping block.
