Washington, June 4 (IANS) President Donald Trump is expected to announce what the White House described as “three historic, beautiful, clean coal announcements” focused on preserving existing coal-fired power plants, expanding coal exports and supporting new coal-fired generation projects, according to a White House official. The measures, set to be unveiled in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon (early morning India time), include federal funding to extend the life of ageing coal plants, sup…
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Washington, May 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the rollback of two Biden-era environmental regulations governing refrigerants and cooling systems, claiming the move would save Americans more than $2 billion annually, lower grocery prices and protect hundreds of thousands of jobs. At an event in the Oval Office of the White House, alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and executives from major grocery chains, Trump described the previous rules as “ridiculous, unnecessar…
Washington, April 28 (IANS) US regulators have stepped up efforts to block illegal pesticide imports, including shipments linked to China, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers.EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency has made import enforcement a priority as it confronts what he described as unauthorised chemicals entering the US market.“We have pesticides that come in from out of the country… we have pesticides that get dumped here from China,” Zeldin told a …