The program was designed to increase inspections at worksites with a high risk for extreme heat. But the Trump administration has eliminated inspection metrics.
More than any administrator in decades, Lee Zeldin talks about the Environmental Protection Agency's work in economic terms, reflecting President Trump’s desire to boost industry while downplaying environmental consequences.
President Donald Trump has approved major disaster declarations for seven states. That word comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which says Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota and Washington will get federal support for recovery needs.
With global warming making people increasingly dependent on air conditioning, power failures from hurricanes followed by heat waves are creating increasingly hazardous risks to health.
Two factors are driving the decline of the Great Salt Lake: water use and less precipitation due to climate change. Saving the lake may require 260 billion gallons of water.
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