US EPA Activity in Pandemic Times

October 27, 2020 | EPA Cancels LGBTQ Pride and Diversity Trainings

October 22 2020 | EPA eases the permitting process for modifications made to polluting facilities

October 15, 2020 | EPA allows use of radioactive material in some road construction (The Hill)

September 23 2020 | E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains (NY Times)

August 31, 2020 | EPA Relaxes Limits on Toxic Waste from Coal Power Plants

August 13, 2020 | EPA rollback on oil and gas methane emissions standards

July 30, 2020 | EPA CANCELS E&E NEWS SUBSCRIPTION

June 1, 2020 | E.P.A. CHANGES THE RULES ON HOW TO APPLY THE CLEAN WATER ACT

April 16, 2020 | MERCURY CONTROLS WEAKENED

April 2, 2020 | COAL ASH DISPOSAL RULE MOVING FORWARD

March 27, 2020 | AIR QUALITY AND AUTO EMISSION ROLLBACKS

US EPA announces changes to how gasoline will be mixed in the face of potential shortages, which will likely result in more air pollution nationally.

March 26, 2020 | OPEN LICENSE TO POLLUTE

The US EPA announced new “guidelines” for how companies monitor environmental violations, pollution and hazardous waste waiving a requirement for reporting, and will not issue fines for violations. Former EPA Adminstrator, Gina McCarthy, called it “an open license to pollute.”

March 3, 2020 | ANTI-SCIENCE “TRANSPARENCY” RULE MOVING FORWARD

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