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In this June 5, 2019, photo, a bee pollinates a milkweed flower at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md. The Environmental Protection Agency will allow farmers to resume broad use of a pesticide over objections from beekeepers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

EPA restores broad use of pesticide opposed by beekeepers

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the environment in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump promotes environmental record despite rollbacks

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

EPA to test new cleanup method for former chemical plant

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FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, Kelly Knight Craft, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, speaks about NAFTA and Canada-US relations at an Empire Club meeting in Toronto. Craft is President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next U.S. envoy to the United Nations. (Chris Donovan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blurred lines: Trump’s UN choice and her coal magnate spouse

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 10, 2016, file photo, shows a former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. Environmental Protection Agency documents show that its staffers were critical of how Minnesota regulators drafted a key permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine. And they show the EPA officials concluded the permit would violate federal law because it lacked specific water pollution limits. The EPA released the documents after a court challenge by WaterLegacy. Environmental attorney Paula Maccabee says the EPA's concerns weren't reflected in PolyMet's final water pollution permit. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Leaked email raises new questions about PolyMet water permit

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EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a media availability at the Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Washington. Wheeler signed a repeal of one of the Obama era's two biggest climate change initiatives, the Clean Power Plan, and adopting an alternative plan that would loosen regulations on the plants. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: EPA chief eases rules on coal-fired power plants

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In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. The Trump administration is close to completing one of the biggest of its dozens of rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark effort to wean the nation’s electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-changing smokestack emissions. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Trump EPA close to gutting Obama rule on coal power plants

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. The Trump administration is close to completing one of the biggest of its dozens of rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark effort to wean the nation’s electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-changing smokestack emissions. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Trump administration finishes off Obama-era anti-coal Clean Power Plan

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 10, 2016, file photo, shows a former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. Environmental Protection Agency documents show that its staffers were critical of how Minnesota regulators drafted a key permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine. And they show the EPA officials concluded the permit would violate federal law because it lacked specific water pollution limits. The EPA released the documents after a court challenge by WaterLegacy. Environmental attorney Paula Maccabee says the EPA's concerns weren't reflected in PolyMet's final water pollution permit. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Newly released documents detail EPA’s concerns over PolyMet

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

The Latest: Minnesota regulators defend key PolyMet permit

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing for a trip to Iowa, on the South Lawn of White House, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Former Bush, Reagan EPA heads warn on Trump rollbacks

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Louisiana parish wins $500,000 EPA development grant

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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose rules to codify important principles of cost-benefit analysis into its work. (Associated Press)

EPA getting common sense with cost-benefit analysis

By Daren Bakst

EPA will drill into Colorado mine for cleanup investigation

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AG sues Trump administration over water quality standards

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In this July 24, 2018, photo, corn grows in front of a barn carrying a large Trump sign in rural Ashland, Neb. The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the change Friday, May 31, 2019, ending a summertime ban imposed out of concerns for increased smog from the higher ethanol blend. The change also fulfills a pledge that President Donald Trump made to U.S. corn farmers to allow the higher ethanol sales year-round. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) **FILE**

Year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol OK’d

By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press

This photo taken Jan. 10, 2019, shows the former Velsicol Plant across the Pine River in St. Louis, Mich. Cleanup work has resumed at a former chemical plant in central Michigan that’s become one of the country’s costliest Superfund sites. Environmental Protection Agency official, Thomas Alcamo, told MLive.com that it could take another seven years to finish cleaning up the Velsicol Chemical plant site. (Kaytie Boomer/Saginaw News via AP)

Cleanup resumes at former chemical plant site in Michigan

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The Environmental Protection Agency's children's environmental health centers have engaged in "statistical shenanigans" to draw shaky links on children's health issues, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. (Associated Press/File)

Research on children’s health risks in doubt over EPA funds

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this April 8, 2019, photo, Tim Tanksley, who has been fighting for years trying to convince Oklahoma lawmakers to crack down on the coal ash dumping, stands outside a dump site in Bokoshe, Okla. President Donald Trump’s EPA has approved Oklahoma to be the first state to take over permitting and enforcement on coal-ash sites. “They’re going to do absolutely nothing,” Tanksley said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Trump’s EPA shifts more environmental enforcement to states

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Regulators order river cleanup near former Michigan tannery

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