EPA, Trump and climate change
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The Trump administration on Thursday will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the White House announced.
The endangerment finding gives the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases by deeming they pose a risk to public health and welfare.
The EPA plans to roll back the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are a pollutant that threaten public health and welfare.
In today’s newsletter: FBI releases surveillance images showing a man wearing a mask outside Nancy Guthrie’s home before her disappearance.
Mike Pearson tells listeners how the EPA has approved Dicamba herbicides for cotton and soybeans with stricter rules.
The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump's second term in office.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal its endangerment finding, the legal framework that underpins its power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Two environmental groups are challenging the EPA's decision to remove Iowa river segments from the impaired waters list, citing high nitrate levels.