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The EPA plans to roll back the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are a pollutant that threaten public health and welfare.
Mike Pearson tells listeners how the EPA has approved Dicamba herbicides for cotton and soybeans with stricter rules.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has promised to make good on “Make America Healthy Again” priorities, but sources inside and outside the agency say he isn’t any closer to embracing the movement’s anti-corporate stances.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s action is part of a broad push by the Trump administration to support fossil-fueled power plants.
Environmental crews are targeting contamination that dates back to the 20th century.
Trump EPA registered dicamba in 2018, but the approval was revoked by a federal court in 2020, which deemed it unlawful.
The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump's second term in office.
Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA OKs dicamba, with some restrictionsThe Trump administration will reapprove the controversial herbicide