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environment
Democracy Now!
The EPA Official Who Quit to Protest Pruitt and Trump
Post date:Mustafa Ali helped launch the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice in 1992 but resigned in protest of a Trump administration proposal.
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environment
Democracy Now!
Trump’s Proposed EPA Cuts Threaten Health of Millions of Americans
Post date:"If these cuts go through, we can almost guarantee with certainty that there will be more premature deaths and more sicknesses throughout the country," says the executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies.
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trump administration
Democracy Now!
How Will Trump Pay for $54B Military Spending Hike?
Post date:Trump has proposed increasing the military budget to just over $600 billion — a 10 percent increase — while deeply slashing the budgets of other agencies, likely including the Environmental Protection Agency and the State Department.
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Bay Delta
Redefine
Groups Want a New Look at Delta Tunnel Plan
Post date:Environmental groups say the government isn't discussing alternatives to large tunnels to shunt water around the Delta.
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Redefine
What Do We Call the Bay Delta, and Why?
Post date:It's a complicated estuary where water from 75,000 square miles of California and sometimes Oregon drains into the Pacific, and it doesn't really have a name.
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Air Pollution
Redefine
Smog Limits: Californians Help Decide New Standards
Post date:Californians are weighing in on how much smog is too much.
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clean coal
Redefine
EPA Releases Videos for Fighting Climate Change In Your Daily Life
Post date:The EPA has released a series of videos on everyday actions you can take to slow down climate change, aimed at those of us who haven't yet devoted our entire waking lives to worrying about the issue of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Redefine
Senate Confirms New Head of EPA
Post date:The U.S. Senate voted today to confirm Regina "Gina" McCarthy as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The long-delayed confirmation had been a bargaining chip in a partisan battle over the Obama administration's energy policy.
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commentary
Redefine
Did President Obama's Climate Change Speech Go Far Enough?
Post date:It took him awhile to get to the point, showing how tentative his proposals are, how carefully couched his prescriptions.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Redefine
EPA Wants Your Feedback On Landfill Solar
Post date:The EPA wants your feedback on guidelines for promoting landfill solar projects.
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L.A. River
Earth Focus
L.A. River Plays Itself in New Documentary Film
Post date:"Rock the Boat" chronicles the kayaking adventures of George Wolfe and how the L.A. River began to be transformed.
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council for watershed health
Earth Focus
Council for Watershed Health Receives EPA Grant for Watershed Report Card
Post date:A recent grant aims to develop a comprehensive report card that can be used to measure progress and success of the different Urban Waters Federal Partnership agencies at the Los Angeles River watershed.
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FoLAR
Earth Focus
River Rally, River Heroes and the Los Angeles River
Post date:L.A. River advocates shared the spotlight at the annual National River Rally, held in May in Portland.
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green justice
History & Society
The Grass Roots Fight for Clean Water and Green Justice
Post date:Grass roots groups and city leaders are working together to eliminate horrible odors from the L.A. sewer system.
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Redefine
Blowing Smoke: The GOP, President Obama, and the EPA
Post date:Having just gutted its clean-air protections, President Obama insists he unwaveringly supports for the EPA's mission. But he has a funny way of showing it, undercutting the public's health.