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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington on Feb. 21, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pruitt says reports of employee rebellion at EPA a result of changing ideology

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

California attorney general requests documents on EPA chief

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

Illustration on EPA deception by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

EPA lied about human experiments

By Steve Milloy

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington on Feb. 21, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Climate change rules rollback by Trump has Democrat AGs vowing lawsuits

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Whitman, ex-New Jersey officials oppose Trump’s EPA changes

By MICHAEL CATALINI - Associated Press

Arizona loses appeal over improving visibility at parks

Associated Press

EPA reverses course on safety of pesticide used on crops

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

While most of the study leaked Tuesday seems to reiterate what a host of other climate change research has said, it makes the case that global warming is getting worse and that significant action must be taken. (Associated Press/File)

EPA issues press release using a Democrat’s quote blasting Trump’s climate actions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vermont Attorney General joins opposition of EPA cuts

Associated Press

EPA denies petition to ban pesticide used on crops

Associated Press

In this Friday, March 24, 2017, photo, Zach Tyson, left, owner of Tyson Construction, talks to electricians in a home he is constructing in Destrahan, La. General contractors and other small businesses in the remodeling industry can look forward to strong growth in the coming years, but the big force behind that business may be surprising: baby boomers. Tyson estimates that between 30 percent and 40 percent of his revenue is coming from boomer renovations, up from 15 percent to 20 percent five years ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump’s budget priorities set small businesses strategizing

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on women in health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump’s kiss-off to Obama-era climate change

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

EPA gets $16M for cleanup of East Chicago’s Superfund site

Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has agreed with President Trump's intention to return the agency to its "core mission" of ensuring clean air and clean water. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Scott Pruitt’s EPA faces harshest budget cuts in history

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2015 file photo, a hotel guest carries his shoes as he is escorted to his car along in Miami Beach, Fla. The street flooding was in part caused by high tides due to the lunar cycle, according to the National Weather Service. A new scientific report finds man-made climate change played some kind of role in two dozen extreme weather events around the world in 2015. But it also detected no global warming fingerprints in a handful of other weird weather instances. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Medical community warns of health dangers from climate change

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, left, and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House, Monday, March 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump EPA gets ready to rumble

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Trump proposes to cut cherished Obama programs such as support for alternative energy and slashes the EPA budget by 31 percent. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump budget benefits border security, military, veterans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump announces challenge to Obama-era fuel standards

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

EPA announces $2.5M grant for Fairbanks air cleanup measures

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program that he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. (Associated Press)

Mustafa Ali, EPA’s environmental justice chief, resigns in dismay

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times