The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA's climate change regulations for power plants and cars.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it is formally moving to end the rule allowing the agency to

Environmental advocates say cutting the EPA's research office could have dire effects, especially when it comes to climate policy.

The Senate has yet to release its Interior-EPA bill but is proceeding with fiscal 2026 bills on a bipartisan basis, setting up a clash between the chambers and the White House. Congress is all but certain to need a stopgap funding bill to prevent a shutdown.

It would fund the agencies in its purview at $57.3 billion, or $766 million less than current levels. The Energy Department would get $48.8 billion, a cut of $1.4 billion. Its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is targeted for a 46 percent decrease, while the Office of Grid Deployment’s funding would fall by more than half.

The EPA is just the latest after the Trump Administration ‘s first 100 days included firing scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Climate ...

UCLA research programs hit by EPA cuts amid national changes to climate policy Lee Zeldin, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is pictured.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose repealing the Clean Power Plan - the Obama administration's centerpiece regulation to fight climate change - and plans to solicit input on a ...