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Air and water under threat as SCOTUS takes aim at environmental laws

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on January 25, 2022. It is shared here with permission under a Creative...

Ten new environmental laws in California

6 months ago Michael L. Vining

David Jiang via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The environmental community continued to score victories in the state legislature despite...

Bill would relax environmental laws for conventional drillers

1 year ago Michael L. Vining

Republican lawmakers said the amendment was offered as a compromise to Democrats, to gain support for the bill and help...

Bill presented to governor would relax environmental laws for conventional drillers

1 year ago Michael L. Vining

Rachel McDevitt Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF....

The disappearance of the federal role in the application of our environmental laws

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

The Trump administration has downgraded environmental enforcement, favoring polluters over the interests of citizens.The number of inspections undertaken and enforcement...

EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

Until the late afternoon of Thursday, March 26, the Trump administration's approach to environmental issues in the face of the...

Trump administration stops enforcing environmental laws in the age of coronavirus

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

The Environmental Protection Agency this week waived enforcement of many of its health and environmental safeguards, offering what the agency...

Citing an outbreak, the EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly backed away from enforcing a series of legally mandated public...

Citing coronavirus, EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

A sweeping decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend application of a range of health and environmental protections due...

EPA to limit enforcement of environmental laws during coronavirus emergency, giving businesses more flexibility

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

The environmental agency said companies have complained of staff shortages. March 27, 2020, 5:28 p.m.• 6 minute readShare on FacebookShare...

EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws amid coronavirus

2 years ago Michael L. Vining

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday issued a sweeping suspension of its enforcement of environmental laws, telling businesses they...