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William Wehrum is stepping down as head of the EPA's office of Air and Radiation. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Former Fossil Fuel Lawyer Heading EPA Air Office Resigns, Leaving Climate Rollbacks in His Wake

By Marianne Lavelle

The Kingston coal-fired power plant in Tennessee was the site of devastating coal ash spill in 2008. Credit: Paul Harris/Getty Images

Trump’s Weaker Clean Power Plan Replacement Won't Stop Coal’s Decline

By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

President Donald Trump issued an executive order to slash the number of science advisory committees by one-third, with more attrition planned. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Trump Takes Ax to Gov't Advisory Committees, and Backlash Is Swift

By Phil McKenna

Lee Thomas, EPA administrator from 1985 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan, testifying on concerns about the current EPA leadership. Credit: Congress

3 Republican Former EPA Heads Rebuke Trump EPA on Climate Policy and Science

By Nina Pullano

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

EPA Science Advisers Push Back on Wheeler, Say He's Minimizing Their Role

By Marianne Lavelle

Andrew Wheeler, acting head of the EPA and a former coal lobbyist, will decide on a proposed rule that could block EPA's use of studies on health and pollution. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Health and Science Leaders Lay Out Evidence Against EPA's 'Secret Science' Rule

By Marianne Lavelle

The Trump administration's proposal to freeze automotive efficiency standards at 2020 levels would effectively abandon the decades-long push to cut carbon emissions from this sector.

Trump’s Auto Efficiency Rollback: Losing the Climate Fight, One MPG at a Time

By Marianne Lavelle

New EPA Chief Makes Clear: Easing of Environmental Rules Will Continue

By Georgina Gustin

Andrew Wheeler, who becomes acting EPA administrator, is sworn in as deputy administrator by then-EPA head Scott Pruitt. Credit: EPA

6 Ways Andrew Wheeler Could Reshape Climate Policy at EPA

By Marianne Lavelle

Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator under President Trump. Credit: Justin Merriman/Getty Images

EPA's Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Scandals, Ex-Coal Lobbyist to Take Over

By Marianne Lavelle

HFCs, used in cooling and refrigeration, are short-lived climate pollutants. Credit: Justin Sullivan

11 States Sue Scott Pruitt Over HFCs, Climate Super-Pollutants

By Marianne Lavelle

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Pruitt Starts Rewriting How EPA Weighs Costs, Benefits of Regulation

By John H. Cushman Jr.

EPA headquarters. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

In Rebuke to Pruitt, EPA Science Board Votes to Review Climate Policy Changes

By Marianne Lavelle

Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator under President Trump. Credit: Alex Edelman/Getty Images

Pruitt’s Defense Fund Draws Ethics Complaint: Critics Call It His ‘Tip Jar’

By Marianne Lavelle

Barges deliver coal to the the more than two dozen power plants along the Ohio River. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Industries Try to Strip Power from Ohio River's Water Quality Commission

By James Bruggers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Pruitt 'Secret Science' Rule: Public Gets More Time for Say as Criticism Grows

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Pruitt’s Anti-Climate Agenda Is Facing New Challenge From Major Scientific Review Board

Pruitt’s Anti-Climate Agenda Is Facing New Challenge From Science Advisers

By Marianne Lavelle

Pruitt’s Own Scientist Appointees Condemn EPA ‘Secret Science’ Policy

Pruitt’s Own Appointed Scientists Challenge 'Secret Science' Rule

By Marianne Lavelle

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