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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C., April 14, 2022. The EPA is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so-called Superfund law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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EPA to designate 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances
By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
Fri,08/26/22-8:01AM , 165 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to designate two “forever chemicals” used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, a step that would clear the way for quicker cleanup of the toxic compounds, which have been linke
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Florida International University, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Miami. Harris is attending climate resilience events in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Harris cites climate 'crisis,' pushes $1B for floods, storms
By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
Mon,08/01/22-5:00AM , 281 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris called climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis Monday as she detailed more than $1 billion in federal spending to respond to disasters such as deadly flooding in Kentuc
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A firefighter extinguishes flames as the Oak Fire crosses Darrah Rd. in Mariposa County, Calif., on July 22, 2022. Crews were able to to stop it from reaching an adjacent home. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

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House approves bill to help West fight wildfires, drought
By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
Fri,07/29/22-6:40PM , 203 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters about the expansive agreement reached with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that they had sought for months on health care, energy and climate issues, and taxes on higher earners and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change
By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
Thu,07/28/22-4:04PM , 213 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to address global warming and could help President Joe Biden come close to meeting his pledge
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