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In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 photo, a deteriorating tank sits on the site of the Callahan Mine in Brockville, Maine. The former open pit copper and zinc mine is now a federal Superfund site. Mining companies that once pursued precious metals have abandoned half a million mines across the country and, thanks to decades of lax regulations, left the bill to taxpayers. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

New England confronts little-known, messy legacy of mining

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

EPA reaches settlement with Pebble mine company; stalled Alaska project could go forward

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 21, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EPA, Interior pink slip moment a jolt of sanity

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

EPA signs off on North Dakota regulation of CO2 wells

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

Trump administration hollows out EPA science integrity board

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by from left, Vice President Mike Pence, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, speaks at EPA headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, prior to signing an Energy Independence Executive Order. Trump signed an executive order aimed at moving forward on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama's plan to curb global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EPA under fire for cleaning house at scientific review board; 9 members’ terms not renewed

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

EPA to leave Nevada lab at UNLV when lease expires in 2020

Associated Press

EPA is putting American workers first

By EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

Illustration on the EPA's threats to private property rights by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Farmers’ property rights infringed by wetlands restrictions

By John Sitilides

It’s time to rethink ethanol mandates

By Jerry Jung

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed an ethics complaint on April 25 against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over a planned May 5 appearance as the keynote speaker at the Oklahoma Republican Party's annual gala dinner. The Rhode Island Democrat says that would violate the Hatch Act, which limits the political activities of executive branch employees. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EPA chief to skip Republican gala after ethics complaint

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

President Trump has already done a full term’s worth of damage, rolling back Obama-era regulations and installing one of their chief critics as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, say environmentalists. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been devastating to environment, say green activists

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Audit says EPA-funded campaign didn’t violate lobbying rules

Associated Press

EPA says creek contamination focused on 3 injection wells

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump gives the pen he used to sign an executive order to Dow Chemical President, Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris, as other business leaders applaud in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Dow Chemical is pushing the Trump administration to scrap the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species. Liveris is a close adviser to President Donald Trump. The company gave $1 million for Trump’s inaugural activities.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

AP Exclusive: Pesticide maker tries to kill risk study

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

The Latest: EPA head vows to build trust during Indiana stop

Associated Press

Trapped by the Paris Climate Treaty Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Paris Climate Agreement should be exited by U.S.

By E. Calvin Beisner

Alaska oil well leaking gas in northern part of state

Associated Press

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, left, shakes hands with coal miners during a visit to Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company's Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

EPA perk — $15,000 tax paid gym memberships

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

EPA: No significant chemical discharge from US Steel spill

Associated Press