Energy and Environment: Trump EPA finalizes rollback of key Obama climate rule that targeted coal plants

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Trump EPA finalizes rollback of key Obama climate rule that targeted coal plants The energy sector is already on track to far exceed the rule's carbon reduction goal of 35 percent by 2035. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis · Read more Analysis | The Energy 202: Want to address climate change? Fix campaign finance first, 2020 Democrats say. They say fossil-fuel interests have been able to forestall meaningful legislation. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   Analysis | The Energy 202: This former EPA appointee wants to make climate change a winning issue for Trump Mandy Gunasekara says Republicans "need to be better about communicating" their good work. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   Recent scorching temperatures in Kuwait and Pakistan confirmed as third and fourth hottest on Earth The 129 degrees in Mitribah, Kuwait, was deemed the hottest recorded in Asia. By Ian Livingston · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis | The Energy 202: A federal watchdog is investigating Trump administration's decisions on Utah monument GAO is probing whether it broke the law by using federal funds to explore leasing. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   Analysis | The Energy 202: Congress wants to know when Trump will fill all the vacant positions at Interior Rep. Raul Grijalva penned a letter to the president. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   Temperatures leap 40 degrees above normal as the Arctic Ocean and Greenland ice sheet see record June melting And it may be messing with our weather. By Jason Samenow · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Michigan authorities drop all criminal charges relating to Flint water crisis Officials effectively rebooted a criminal investigation that began in 2016. By Mark Berman and Brady Dennis · Read more   Former EPA leaders question agency's direction under Trump They plan to criticize the agency's shrinking size and ambition. By Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis · Read more   Schiff demands intelligence agencies provide documents on White House's suppression of climate testimony House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) demanded that the heads of two federal intelligence agencies provide documents detailing how White House officials sought to edit and then suppress written testimony on climate change. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis · Read more   Recommended for you Local news alerts Breaking news for those who live and work in the Greater Washington area. Sign Up

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