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1. U.S. Supreme Court blocks the EPA’s plan to combat interstate air pollution

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Cases, Air quality management -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental law -- Cases, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5021805 HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: The Environmental Protection Agency's Good Neighbor plan is designed to protect downwind states from air pollution blowing [...]

Published
2024

2. PFAS 'forever chemicals' could be contaminating millions of acres of farmland

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Sewage sludge -- Analysis, Wastewater -- Analysis, Agricultural land -- Analysis -- Contamination, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1241473455 BYLINE: TERESA HOMSI HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: Applying organic waste, like manure, to farmland has been going on for [...]

Published
2024

3. The EPA's new rules point to EVs being the future -- but consumers have their doubts

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Electric vehicles -- Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Automotive emissions -- Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1240534003 BYLINE: CAMILA DOMONOSKE HOST: AYESHA RASCOE AYESHA RASCOE: Just last week, the EPA set some strict rules on vehicle emissions that are [...]

Published
2024

4. New vehicle emission rules are meant to quicken the change to electric vehicles

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Automotive emissions -- Standards, Automobiles, Electric -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1239814785 BYLINE: CAMILA DOMONOSKE HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: Your local auto dealer's parking lot could look very different in a few years. [...]

Published
2024

5. Morning news brief

Subjects
United States. Border Patrol -- Powers and duties, United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects -- By-products, Campaign funds -- Cases, Electric power-plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects -- By-products, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Fraud -- Cases, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Border security -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Company public relations, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1175403570 BYLINE: JOEL ROSE HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: The head of the U.S. Border Patrol says up to 65,000 people are near [...]

Published
2023

6. An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- By-products -- Environmental aspects, Electric power-plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- By-products -- Environmental aspects, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1169967646 BYLINE: JEFF BRADY HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: The Environmental Protection Agency is releasing a new proposal this morning. MICHEL MARTIN: The [...]

Published
2023

7. The U.S. would need to rapidly increase EV battery production to meet climate goals

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Motor vehicles -- Batteries, Climatic changes -- Prevention -- Economic aspects, Automobiles, Electric -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Battery industry -- Industry forecasts, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1171494438 HOST: CAMILA DOMONOSKE CAMILA DOMONOSKE: The Biden administration already had an ambitious timeline for going electric, and then this month, it stomped [...]

Published
2023

8. Morning news brief

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Drugs -- Overdose, Narcotics, Control of -- Laws, regulations and rules, Inflation (Finance) -- Forecasts and trends -- Statistics -- United States, Automotive emissions -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Automobiles, Electric -- Supply and demand -- Environmental aspects, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1169422101 BYLINE: CAMILA DOMONOSKE HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: The auto industry is moving towards electric vehicles. The big question is how fast [...]

Published
2023

9. Is the auto industry ready for new proposed fuel efficiency standards?

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Electric vehicles -- Supply and demand -- Environmental aspects, Automotive emissions -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Energy efficiency -- Standards -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1169422171 HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: In fewer than 10 years, American roadways, or at least the cars on them, may look very [...]

Published
2023

10. The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Transportation equipment industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Air quality management -- Planning, Automotive emissions -- Planning, Climatic changes -- Prevention, Automobiles, Electric -- Forecasts and trends, Government regulation, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1169269936 BYLINE: CAMILA DOMONOSKE HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: The auto industry is moving towards electric vehicles. The big question is, how fast [...]

Published
2023

11. New EPA regulations target PFAs in drinking water

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Drinking water -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1163497111 BYLINE: GABRIELLA EMANUEL HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: For the first time in more than a decade, the Environmental Protection [...]

Published
2023

12. EPA will take control of the East Palestine train derailment cleanup

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Norfolk Southern Corp. -- Investigations -- Planning, Hazardous substances -- Investigations, Railroads -- Investigations -- Planning, Environmental remediation -- Planning, Railroad accidents -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company business planning, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1158686319 BYLINE: REID FRAZIER HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: Is East Palestine, Ohio, getting the help that it needs? Two weeks ago, of [...]

Published
2023

13. Former EPA official weighs in on Ohio derailment response and concerns

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment, 2023, Railroad accidents -- Environmental aspects, Vinyl chloride -- Environmental aspects -- Health aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1157635433 HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: Today Ohio Governor Mike DeWine asked the White House for more direct federal support in the response [...]

Published
2023

14. The EPA is updating its most important tool for cracking down on carbon emissions

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Ecological footprint -- Evaluation, Air quality management -- Methods, Emissions (Pollution) -- Environmental aspects, Environmental protection -- Methods, Environmental issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1152080009 BYLINE: REBECCA HERSHER HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: The Environmental Protection Agency is updating its most important tool for trying to crack [...]

Published
2023

15. Some hope the EPA will veto Pebble Mine, a project that has long divided SW Alaska

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Alaska -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Mines and mineral resources -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1151803351 BYLINE: IZZY ROSS HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: What would be one of the largest copper and gold mines in the world [...]

Published
2023

16. How the EPA is cracking down with tighter limits on soot

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Air pollution -- Environmental aspects, Environmental protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Soot -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation, Environmental issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1147547821 BYLINE: REBECCA HERSHER HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: The Environmental Protection Agency says it is cracking down on a dangerous air pollutant. [...]

Published
2023

17. The Supreme Court handed coal power a win. But experts say that won't save it

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Climatic changes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1110190440 BYLINE: LAURA BENSHOFF HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first major ruling on climate regulations [...]

Published
2022

18. Politics chat: Supreme Court rulings limit executive action on climate and abortion

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Filibusters (Political science) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Abortion -- Laws, regulations and rules, Reproductive rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1109607611 BYLINE: MARA LIASSON HOST: SHANNON BOND SHANNON BOND: It has been an extraordinary last few days in politics. Before leaving the NATO [...]

Published
2022

19. What the Supreme Court's EPA ruling will mean for the agency's goals

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Coal-fired power plants -- Economic aspects -- Environmental aspects, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1109588569 HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: Earlier this week, on the final day of an enormously consequential term, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered [...]

Published
2022

20. The EPA prepares for its 'counterpunch' after the Supreme Court ruling

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Prevention, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1109486052 HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to set [...]

Published
2022

21. News brief: election law case, climate case ruling, Hong Kong anniversary

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, North Carolina -- Political aspects, China-Hong Kong reunification, 1997, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Climatic changes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gerrymander -- Laws, regulations and rules, Anniversaries, Government regulation, General interest, United States Constitution
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1109275635 BYLINE: HANSI LO WANG HOST: RACHEL MARTIN RACHEL MARTIN: The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on a case next term that could [...]

Published
2022

22. The Supreme Court curbs the EPA's power to protect the environment

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Environmental issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1109275698 BYLINE: SCOTT DETROW HOST: A MARTINEZ A MARTINEZ: President Biden came into office offering major climate promises. At the U.N. summit in [...]

Published
2022

23. Has the Supreme Court tied the Biden administration's hands on climate change?

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1109275642 HOST: RACHEL MARTIN RACHEL MARTIN: The Biden White House now has a significantly narrower path to slowing climate change. In a 6-3 [...]

Published
2022

24. The effect the Supreme Court's climate decision may have

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental law -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1107260645 BYLINE: LAURA BENSHOFF HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: The Supreme Court concluded its term today with two major decisions - one on [...]

Published
2022

25. Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Climatic changes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1103595898 BYLINE: NINA TOTENBERG HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: On the last day of this term, the Supreme Court today delivered major decisions [...]

Published
2022

26. The Supreme Court rules the EPA can't set CO2 limits for existing power plants

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects -- By-products, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1108928262 BYLINE: NINA TOTENBERG HOST: A MARTINEZ A MARTINEZ: The Supreme Court is out with its final decisions of the term, and they [...]

Published
2022

27. The dangers of 'forever chemicals'

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Drinking water -- Laws, regulations and rules, Cosmetics -- Chemical properties, Chemists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1106863211 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: They're called forever chemicals because they break down extremely slowly. And because they've been put [...]

Published
2022

28. The Environmental Protection Agency announces new vehicle emission standards

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Air quality management -- Standards, Automotive emissions -- Standards -- Environmental aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1066169808 BYLINE: NATHAN ROTT HOST: SCOTT DETROW SCOTT DETROW: A day after Senator Joe Manchin dealt a critical blow to President Biden's climate [...]

Published
2021

29. Communities of color face disproportionate exposure to pollution

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Minorities -- Environmental aspects -- Health aspects -- Interviews, Pollution -- Demographic aspects -- Health aspects, Government executives -- Interviews, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1061600376 HOST: AYESHA RASCOE AYESHA RASCOE: Across the United States, communities of color face disproportionate exposure to pollution. Big polluters like refineries, factories, [...]

Published
2021

30. EPA head Michael Regan on U.S. plan to tame methane emissions

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Methane -- Laws, regulations and rules, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1051577505 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: At the big climate summit underway in Glasgow, the big focus today is on methane. [...]

Published
2021

31. The EPA moves to regulate industrial chemicals known by the acronym PFAS

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1047223102 BYLINE: CELESTE GRACIA HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: The Environmental Protection Agency wants to regulate chemicals known by an acronym, PFAS - [...]

Published
2021

32. Your Trash Is Emitting Methane In The Landfill. Here's Why It Matters For The Climate

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Methane -- Environmental aspects, Organic wastes -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1012218119 BYLINE: AMY GREEN HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas warming the planet. In fact, methane [...]

Published
2021

33. How Does The Biden Administration Plan To Reach Its Clean Energy Goal?

Subjects
United States. Department of Energy -- Powers and duties, United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects, Alternative energy sources -- Standards, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=987099796 BYLINE: JEFF BRADY HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: President Biden's administration set a big climate goal to zero out greenhouse gas emissions [...]

Published
2021

34. Court Ruling On Popular Weedkiller Dicamba Upends Midwestern Agriculture

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Herbicides -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects -- Physiological aspects, Genetically modified organisms -- Environmental aspects -- Physiological aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Soybeans -- Environmental aspects -- Physiological aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=872710977 BYLINE: DAN CHARLES HOST: RACHEL MARTIN RACHEL MARTIN: A federal court has rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency and declared that it is [...]

Published
2020

35. Trump Administration Finalizes Fuel Economy Standards Rollback, A Key Policy Goal

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Automotive industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects -- Political aspects, Corporate average fuel economy -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- Environmental aspects, Public radio, Environmental protection, Automobile industry, Global temperature changes, Automobiles, Climate change, Deregulation, Air pollution, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=824730490 BYLINE: NATHAN ROTT HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: The Trump administration's deregulatory agenda continues. Today the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rollback [...]

Published
2020

36. Latest On New EPA Proposal

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Disclosure of information -- Laws, regulations and rules, Research -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Scientists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Public relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental protection, Company public relations, Government regulation, General interest, Union of Concerned Scientists -- Officials and employees
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=813191531 HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: The Environmental Protection Agency this week released an updated proposal that would require scientists to make all [...]

Published
2020

37. News Brief: Presidential Debate, EPA Changes Clean Water Rules

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Campaign debates -- Forecasts and trends, Water pollution control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Public radio, Presidential candidates, Primaries, Environmental issues, Clean Water Act of 1977, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Author(s): NPR. As the Democratic primary field narrows, those seeking the party's nomination sharpened their debate message in Houston. And, the EPA makes the rollback of clean water rules official. [...]

Published
2019

38. EPA Confirms The Agency Is Changing Water Policy

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Water resource management -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Waterways -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects, Public radio, Environmental issues, Clean Water Act of 1977
Abstract

Author(s): NPR. The Trump administration announced significant rollbacks of Obama-era EPA regulations. How could the policy change affect the environmental landscape, and what could opponents do to fight it? To [...]

Published
2019

39. EPA Chief Pledges To Severely Cut Back On Animal Testing Of Chemicals

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Product testing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Animal experimentation -- Laws, regulations and rules, Public radio, Environmental activists, Computer simulation, Health, Environmental issues
Abstract

Author(s): NPR. Alternative tests are emerging, the agency says, such as computer modeling and tissue studies of cells grown in the lab. Environmental advocates say the move is too quick, [...]

Published
2019

40. Cancer Fears Over Ethylene Oxide In Georgia

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Ethylene oxide -- Health aspects, Cancer -- Risk factors, Environmental protection, Ethylene, Medical equipment, Clothing, Suburbs, Detergents, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=754122885 BYLINE: JIM BURRESS HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: For decades, the chemical ethylene oxide has been used to make everything from antifreeze [...]

Published
2019

41. Trump Administration Plans Wetland Protection Rollback

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Wetlands -- Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Protection and preservation, Pollution control -- Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Protection and preservation, Environmental law -- Environmental aspects -- Protection and preservation -- Political aspects, President of the United States -- Environmental policy, Pollution, Waterways, Government regulation, General interest, Clean Water Act of 1977
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=699262003 BYLINE: FRANK MORRIS HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: President Trump's administration wants to change the rules determining which waterways in America are [...]

Published
2019

42. Critics Continue Adding Voices To Challenge Of Hudson River Cleanup Results

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Hudson River -- Political aspects -- Environmental aspects, General Electric Co. -- Discipline, Water pollution control -- Political aspects -- Finance, Electric equipment industry -- Discipline, Company financing, General interest
Abstract

BYLINE: BRIAN MANNHOST: AUDIE CORNISHAUDIE CORNISH: There's a big fight in upstate New York over the future of the Hudson River. Over the last decade, the federal government forced General [...]

Published
2019

43. Trump Orders EPA To Lift Regulations On Ethanol

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Ethanol -- Laws, regulations and rules, President of the United States -- Energy policy, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Author(s): Clay Masters. President Trump is set to end ethanol regulations - to the praise of farmers and criticism of environmentalists. E15 is banned during summer months because of smog [...]

Published
2018

44. A Drifting Weedkiller Puts Prized Trees At Risk

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Reelfoot Lake -- Environmental aspects, Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Planning, Cypress -- Protection and preservation, Company business planning, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=651262491 BYLINE: DAN CHARLES HOST: AUDIE CORNISH AUDIE CORNISH: This past summer, from Mississippi to Illinois, people noticed a curious phenomenon - trees [...]

Published
2018

45. Kentucky County Water Crisis

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Kentucky -- Environmental aspects, Waterworks -- Planning -- Government finance, Water shortages -- Forecasts and trends, Drinking water -- Supply and demand -- Health aspects, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=647559499 BYLINE: KAT LONSDORF HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: All this week, we've been talking about drinking water - who has it, who [...]

Published
2018

46. Coal Country: EPA Plan Is Short Term Boost, No Solution For Industry Decline

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Coal fired power plants -- Forecasts and trends -- Management, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues
Abstract

Author(s): Cooper McKim. The Trump administration's proposed changes for coal plants could keep some of them operating longer. But even those in the industry say it won't stop coal's overall [...]

Published
2018

47. Coal Country: EPA Plan Is Short Term Boost, No Solution For Industry Decline

Author

McKim, Cooper

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Coal fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business
Abstract

Author(s): Cooper McKim. The Trump administration's proposed changes for coal plants could keep some of them operating longer. But even those in the industry say it won't stop coal's overall [...]

Published
2018

48. Trump Administration Proposes New Plan To Regulate Carbon Emissions From Coal

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Coal fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Emissions (Pollution) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Air pollution control -- Planning -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Author(s): NPR. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule on Tuesday, giving states more authority to regulate carbon emissions from coal fired power plants. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with [...]

Published
2018

49. Administration Proposes Rolling Back Fuel Economy Standards

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Energy efficiency -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Standards, Air pollution control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=635210936 HOST: RACHEL MARTIN RACHEL MARTIN: The Trump administration is proposing a rollback of Obama-era fuel efficiency and emissions standards. The Obama administration [...]

Published
2018

50. EPA Inspector General Blames 'Management Weakness' In Flint Response

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, Water resource management -- Political aspects, Inspectors general -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Drinking water -- Social aspects -- Health aspects, Water quality -- Social aspects -- Health aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=630742949 BYLINE: STEVE CARMODY HOST: NOEL KING NOEL KING: A report by the EPA's inspector general blames management weakness for delays in the [...]

Published
2018

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