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 …
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Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced what he called “the single largest deregulatory action in American history,” formally terminating the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding that underpinned federal greenhouse gas regulations.“Under the process just completed by the EPA, we are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding,” Trump said, describing it as “a disastrous Obama-era policy that severely damaged the American…
New York, Feb 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced the revocation of a key 2009 climate determination that has served as the legal foundation for federal climate regulations, including rules on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and mandates supporting electric vehicle adoption.Trump and US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled the decision at the White House, describing it as the “single largest deregulatory action in US history.””We are officially…
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday for a bilateral meeting, the White House said.Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the visit at the daily briefing. “Tomorrow, here at the White House, the president will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a bilateral meeting,” she said.Leavitt said the rest of the week will focus on “energy and deregulation.”On Wednesday afternoon,…