Environment

As Floridians return home in the wake of deadly Hurricane Irma, Tropical Storm Jose may become a hurricane later today, potentially bringing Nor’easter like conditions to New York and Boston next week, ABC News reports. […]

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They call it the Big One – a mythic, massive hurricane that would obliterate the densely populated southeast coast, and it has long been the stuff of Florida’s nightmares, The Associated Press/Newsmax reports. Irma, it […]

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The U.S. Gulf Coast moves closer to recovery from Hurricane Harvey on Monday when the biggest American fuel system restarts a key segment shut down by devastating rains and officials weigh how to pay for […]

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The White House on Friday requested an initial $7.85 billion in emergency relief funding from Congress, followed by a request for another $6.7 billion as the Trump administration races to respond to the devastation left […]

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Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said that the unparalleled rainfall which resulted in floods from Hurricane Harvey should spark a debate about climate change. “I think it is pretty dumb not to ask some hard questions […]

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s one-room museum initiated by the agency’s administrator under former President Barack Obama is being redesigned to reflect the Trump administration’s priorities, the Washington Post reports. But the work was initiated by […]

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The Trump administration says the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for nitrogen dioxide pollution concentrations should stay in place. The agency said it has completed a scientific review of the nitrogen dioxide standard from […]

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The Environment and Public Works Committee has sent three Trump administration nominees to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the floor for consideration. The Senate committee approved Annie Caputo and David […]

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