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FILE - A soybean field is sprayed in Iowa, July 11, 2013. The maker of a popular weedkiller is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about cancer risks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Weedkiller manufacturer Bayer seeks lawmakers’ help to squelch claims it failed to warn about cancer

By Hannah Fingerhut and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington, Sept. 21, 2017. The Biden administration says it's expanding a program to help rural communities with serious sewage problems get technical help to plan improvements and apply for funding. The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that 150 more communities will be able to apply for assistance, in addition to 11 chosen in 2022 for a pilot program.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Biden administration expands program to help rural towns plagued by sewage problems

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This photo provided by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pa., shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The hacked device was in a pumping booster station owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. An electronic calling card left by the hackers suggests they picked their target because it uses components made by an Israeli company. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP) ** FILE **

States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey, left, stands in support of Anne Anderson, whose son died of leukemia in 1981 and was exposed to water contaminated with the chemical trichloroethylene, or TCE. The two spoke Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Woburn, Mass., during an EPA press conference announcing its proposal to ban the chemical. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical used in automotive care and other products

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

FILE - A lone resident of Benton Harbor, Mich., walks across Britain Street Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, near the city's water tower in Benton Harbor. Officials say health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in the majority Black and impoverished Michigan city were not taken quickly to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leadership. The EPA Office of Inspector General said in a report Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 that staff monitoring the state’s response to lead levels in Benton Harbor failed to elevate the issue to the city’s residents. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

EPA staff slow to report health risks from lead-tainted Benton Harbor water, report states

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Foxtrot Missile Alert Facility at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., Aug. 17, 2023. An Air Force medical and bioenvironmental team reported Tuesday it found no harmful levels of PCBs, a likely carcinogen, at F.E. Warren. The base is one of three intercontinental ballistic missile bases across the U.S. where young Air Force troops are responsible for operating and maintaining fields of nuclear warheads. Over the last year, hundreds of former and some current missile community service members have reported cancer diagnoses, including almost three dozen cases of the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which has prompted the Air Force review. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)

No harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base as Air Force investigates cancers

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

A woman walks along the banks of the American River flowing by the American River Parkway in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, April 8, 2022. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has opened an investigation of how the California State Water Resources Control Board manages the state's water. Native American tribes and some environmental groups had filed a complaint alleging the state's policies discriminate against tribes and other communities of color. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The EPA is investigating how California manages its water following complaints from tribes

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Photo crews work to contain an oil spill from Bridger Pipeline's broken pipeline near Glendive, Mont., on Jan. 19, 2015, in this aerial view showing both sides of the river. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, July 31, 2023, announced the settlement in a 2022 federal court lawsuit. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay the $12.5 million to resolve the claims made under the Clean Water Act and Pipeline Safety Laws, EPA said. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP, File)

Pipeline operators to pay $12.5M after crude oil spills in Montana, North Dakota

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St. John, British Columbia, on Sunday, July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Smoke from Canadian wildfires creates unhealthy conditions from Montana to Ohio

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This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, shows a home after it collapsed onto a beach on Feb. 28, 2022, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Rising seas and more intense storms are encroaching on coastal properties. Some coastal erosion removes sand surrounding cesspools and pulls sewage out to sea. (Dan Dennison/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)

83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

Don Sakis checks the fire in his Riteway wood stove at his home on Jan. 23, 2018, in Palmer, Alaska. Sakis and his family have heated their home with the stove for 35 years. Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency's testing and certification program for home wood heaters is ineffective — raising health concerns — and that EPA has failed to undertake a timely review of performance standards for new heaters. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

10 states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves

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A white shark swims across a sand bar off the Massachusetts' coast of Cape Cod, Aug. 13, 2021. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft determination Thursday, April 27, 2023, that a proposed machine gun training range at a National Guard base may contaminate the Cape Cod aquifer — an aquifer system beneath the Cape Cod peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts — creating a significant public health hazard. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo, File)

EPA: Machine gun range could harm Cape Cod drinking water

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2023, in Washington. The EPA announced Thursday, April 13, it's investing $177 million to create 17 hubs around the country to help environmental justice organizations access federal funds. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

EPA awards $177 million to environmental justice groups

By Drew Costley - Associated Press

A Yellow-headed blackbird perches in a wetland on June 20, 2019, near Menoken, N.D. A federal judge on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways throughout the nation. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Judge blocks rules intended to protect nation’s waterways

By Scott McFetridge - Associated Press

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. President Joe Biden's administration cleared the way for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, a part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

By Sophie Austin - Associated Press

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023. The Ohio attorney general said Tuesday, March 14, that the state filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

EPA tells states not to block waste from Ohio derailment

By John Seewer - Associated Press

In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at midday on Feb. 4, 2023. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a package of reforms to improve safety Tuesday, Feb. 21 — two days after he warned the railroad responsible for the derailment, Norfolk Southern, to fulfill its promises to clean up the mess just outside East Palestine and help the town recover. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site

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FILE - A worker with the Pebble Mine project digs in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska, July 13, 2007. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a decision Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, that would block plans for the proposed Pebble Mine, a copper and gold project in southwest Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Feds use rare veto to block Alaska copper, gold mine plan

By Becky Bohrer and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

High costs of Biden's energy policies illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Biden’s energy policies carry high costs

By Paul Driessen

Power System Plants and Grid Problems Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Inflation Reduction Act could threaten U.S. power systems

By Terry Jarrett