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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building in Washington.

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EPA says Superfund task force left behind little evidence of work

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressDecember 20, 2017

Whitefish Energy Holdings workers restore power lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it had no involvement in the decision to award a 300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown.

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Trump administration disavows Puerto Rico power contract

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressOctober 27, 2017

Sarah Boryszewski is helped by her father Gerald Peete as they dig for belongings in the remains of Boryszewski's home in Coffey Park, Friday Oct. 20, 2017 in Santa Rosa, Calif. Northern California residents who fled a wildfire in the dead of night with only minutes to spare returned to their neighborhoods Friday for the first time in nearly two weeks to see if anything was standing. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)

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GAO: Climate change already costing US billions in losses

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressOctober 24, 2017

FILE - In this June 2, 2017 file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Speaking in Kentucky on Monday, Pruitt said he will sign a proposed rule on Tuesday “to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Environmental groups denounce Trump override of climate plan

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Adam Beam Associated PressOctober 9, 2017

A coal barge is positioned as a backdrop behind President Donald Trump as he speaks during a rally at the Rivertowne Marina in Cincinnati in June.

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Coal CEO expected Trump help, but administration said no

by Jeff Horwitz Associated Press, Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressAugust 22, 2017

FILE - In this June 20, 2017, file photo, a local temperature sign reads 120-degrees as temperatures climb to near-record highs in Phoenix. As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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US scientists contradict Trump’s climate claims`

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Seth Borenstein Associated PressAugust 9, 2017

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, a haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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US scientists contradict Trump’s climate claims

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Seth Borenstein Associated PressAugust 8, 2017

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States sue over EPA’s decision to keep pesticide on market

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressJuly 6, 2017

FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after speaking about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. A new poll finds that less than a third of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, with just 18 percent of respondents agreeing with his claim that pulling out of the international agreement to reduce carbon emissions will help the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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AP-NORC poll: Few favor Trump move to ditch Paris accord

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Emily Swanson Associated PressJune 20, 2017

Supreme Court associate justice Samuel Alito, right, swears in Scott Pruitt as the EPA Administrator the White House, Friday.

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Pruitt OK’d as EPA chief as environmentalists fume

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressFebruary 17, 2017