Ellen Knickmeyer

Trump team wants to roll back Obama-era mileage standards

August 3, 2018 at 12:01 a.m.

Citing safety, the Trump administration on Thursday proposed rolling back car-mileage standards, backing away from years of government efforts to cut Americans' trips to the gas station and reduce unhealthy,...

In this pMarch 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. A federal watchdog is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its oversight of state drinking water systems in the wake of the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Flint water crisis prompts call for more federal oversight

July 20, 2018 at 12:32 a.m.

A federal watchdog is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its oversight of state drinking water systems nationally and respond more quickly to public health emergencies such as...

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Protesters flood U.S. cities to fight Trump immigration policy

July 1, 2018 at 11:06 a.m.

They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: "No more children in cages," and "What's next? Concentration Camps?"

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Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers

May 25, 2018 at 6:37 p.m.

Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global...

U.S. lawmakers assail EPA chief Scott Pruitt over ethical missteps

April 26, 2018 at 11:26 a.m.

Lawmakers assailed Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday for the ethics and spending scandals that have prompted bipartisan calls for his ouster. On the defensive, the EPA chief...

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3 hostages, gunman found dead in California veterans home

March 9, 2018 at 9:50 p.m.

Three workers for a program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder were found dead Friday along with the suspect who took them hostage in a daylong standoff at the...

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EPA head expenses nearly $200,000 in travel over 6 months

February 16, 2018 at 8:12 p.m.

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt and staffers billed taxpayers nearly $200,000 for his trips over six months last year, according to travel vouchers obtained by an environmental organization.

Bears burned in California wildfires go holistic for pain

January 26, 2018 at 10:14 a.m.

Two bears burned in last month's Southern California wildfires are back in the wild after doctors turned to alternative treatments to help them.

Grim search for victims as California wildfires grow to size of NYC

December 9, 2017 at 9:48 a.m.

Teams with cadaver dogs began a grim search Thursday for more dead in parts of California wine country devastated by wildfires, resorting in some cases to serial numbers stamped on...

Winds whip new terror into deadly California wildfires

December 9, 2017 at 9:48 a.m.

Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires tearing through California wine country exploded in size and number Wednesday as authorities ordered new evacuations and the death toll climbed...

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