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In this Thursday, July 16, 2015, file photo, a customer re-fuels her car at a Costco in Robinson Township, Pa. The U.S. government says the fuel economy of the nation’s fleet of cars and trucks likely won’t meet its targets in 2025 because low gas prices have changed the types of vehicles people are buying. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

US average fuel economy at record high of 24.8 mpg

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

Attorneys plan to seek mediation in Pebble Mine case

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Indiana city asks EPA for more time to cut sewage overflows

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Judge: EPA must analyze jobs lost in coal industry

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Titanium company to pay $500k fine in chlorine release

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Cool Safe Drink of Water Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Energy civil rights

By Paul Driessen

EPA set to begin cleanup of Indiana yards tainted with lead

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FILE - This aerial Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo shows a sinkhole in Mulberry, Fla., that opened up underneath a gypsum stack at a Mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has issued an emergency rule requiring public notification of pollution events within 24 hours, a move that comes after it took weeks to notify local residents about the fertilizer plant that leaked millions of gallons of contaminated water into a major aquifer, according to a news release Monday, Sept. 26. (Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

Wait, worry in Florida as polluted water goes down sinkhole

By TAMARA LUSH and JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

Alaska transportation agency fined over waste storage

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EPA Smog Test on Humans Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The EPA’s secret whitewash of illegal experiments

By Steve Milloy

In this Thursday, July 16, 2015, file photo, a customer re-fuels her car at a Costco in Robinson Township, Pa. The U.S. government says the fuel economy of the nation’s fleet of cars and trucks likely won’t meet its targets in 2025 because low gas prices have changed the types of vehicles people are buying. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Questions and answers about U.S. fuel economy standards

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A bottle of "water from Flint" sits in front of Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich. as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to examine the ongoing situation in Flint, Mich. Flint is under a public health emergency after its drinking water became tainted when the city switched from the Detroit system and began drawing from the Flint River in April 2014 to save money. The city was under state management at the time. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Michigan official apologizes for Flint crisis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Flint, Mich. residents Arthur Woodson, left, and Tony Palladino Jr. protest the arrival of Flint native and filmmaker Michael Moore as Moore accuses Gov. Rick Snyder of poisoning Flint water during a rally outside of city hall in Flint, Mich. A small group protested Moore's appearance, saying he has been absent while they have spent nearly two years protesting water quality without him. (Sean Proctor/The Flint Journal - MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Flint residents still charged up to $200 a month for poisoned water

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Sept. 16, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Feds plan new guidelines on toxic algae in lakes, rivers

By John Seewer - Associated Press

EPA Jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHANCE WELDON: EPA’s power grab

By Chance Weldon

In this Sept. 23, 2015 photo, Zandy Hartig poses for a picture in her 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen diesel in Studio City, Calif. Following disclosures that Volkswagen developed software for its 2-liter diesel engine that could better control pollutants during testing than in real-world driving, there there’s a lot up in the air for owners of Jettas, Golfs, Passats and Beetles and Audi’s A3. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

EPA to change diesel tests to thwart Volkswagen-like cheating

By Tom Krisher and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Bob Rand poses for a photo in his 2014, fully loaded Volkswagen diesel Passat on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. Rand convinced his son and his friend to buy the same car for environmental reasons. Now he’s trying to sell it. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Dealers, owners feel frustrated and betrayed by Volkswagen scandal

By Gillian Flaccus and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

This Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, shows a dried-out mine wastewater sediment pond in the San Juan Mountains north of Silverton, Colo. The focus on the toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three states shifts to Congress the week of Sept. 7 as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accidentally unleashed the deluge of poisoned water.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of retention ponds built to contain and filter out heavy metals and chemicals from the Gold King mine chemical accident, in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. Internal documents released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, Aug. 21, show managers at the EPA were aware of the potential for a catastrophic "blowout" at an abandoned mine that could release "large volumes" of wastewater laced with toxic heavy metals. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

EPA knew of ‘blowout’ risk for tainted water at gold mine

By Michael Biesecker and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

Celebrate Liberty Month: National standards are essential to the success of U.S. Environmental law

By Robert V. Percival