EPA to erode federal rules on drinking water
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The head of the Environmental Protection Agency came under bipartisan criticism Wednesday over his agency's actions to cancel billions of dollars in congressionally approved spending to address chronic pollution in minority communities and jump-start clean energy programs across the country.
On top of more than $20 billion in previously frozen funding, the Trump's budget request would slash the US EPA's funding by nearly 55%.
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The Environmental Defense Fund published the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks after filing a Freedom of Information Act request last month.
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