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EPA demands action on landfill stench

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California urges EPA to let state officials set car-emissions …

In this April 23, 2021, file photo, California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks in Sacramento. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)

Under new legislation, California could get 600,000 acres …

Bryan Matsumoto, a program organizer for Nature For All, walks along the Trail Canyon Falls trail in the Tujunga Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains in this undated photo. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)

Delaware Sen. Tom Carper urges U.S. rules barring gas-powered …

In this Monday, April 5, 2021 file photo, a Tesla electric vehicle charges at a station in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Abandoned, oil-leaking boat that sank off Lake Tahoe’s …

A crew for High Sierra Marine Inc. recovers a sunk boat , Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, of the shore of South Lake Tahoe. (Bill Rozak/The Tahoe Tribune via AP)

Scientist jobs left vacant by previous admin need filling …

Laura Dodson, an economist and union official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Federal data shows the ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump. Government scientists say many veteran staffers retired, quit or moved to other agencies amid pressure from an administration they regarded as hostile to science and beholden to industry. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Biden signs executive orders to address climate crisis, …

President Joe Biden signs an executive order on climate change in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2021. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)

New Trump administration rule may strip pollution …

A small boat makes waves as it moves along Clinton Lake near the west side boat access ramp at Clinton Lake Sept. 4, 2003 just outside of Clinton, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

6 former EPA chiefs call for agency reset after November …

In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EPA approves 2 Lysol products as the first to effectively …

Lysol Disinfectant Spray products are seen on the company's website in July 2020.

Federal environmental agency releases list of chemicals, …

People wear protective masks to fend off the Coronavirus, while street vendors pedal masks, hand sanitizer and other disinfecting products in Queens, New York. (John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx/AP)

Obama slams rollback on vehicle emission standards …

Former President Barack Obama issued a rare criticism of the Trump administration Tuesday after it announced it's rolling back his signature fuel standards aimed at combating the climate crisis. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Trump admin rolls back Obama-era mileage standards, …

The buildings of downtown Los Angeles are partially obscured in the late afternoon on Nov. 5, 2019 as seen from Pasadena. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)