US news | The GuardianMay 24
Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/chemical-tank-california-epa-lee-zeldin #California #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #ChemicalIndustry #Environment #WestCoast #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency
Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says

Lee Zeldin says ‘low-volume release’ of flammable chemicals is most likely amid fears of explosion at Orange county facility near Disneyland

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Environment | The Guardian USMay 21
Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/trump-epa-refrigerant-rule-grocery-costs #TrumpAdministration #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #UsNews #UsPolitics #Environment
Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices

EPA is loosening Biden-era rule that requires US businesses to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment

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Environment | The Guardian USMay 20
Young Americans demand court halt Trump’s biggest rollbacks of pollution protections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/trump-administration-climate-pollution-lawsuit #TrumpAdministration #ClimateCrisis #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Environment #UsNews #UsPolitics
Young Americans demand court halt Trump’s biggest rollbacks of pollution protections

Suit alleges administration is impinging on rights to life and liberty by worsening planet-warming and toxic pollution

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World news | The GuardianMay 18
Trump officials plan to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/trump-administration-epa-pfas-water #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #WorldNews #UsPolitics #Pfas #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency
Trump officials plan to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

EPA outlines effort to kill Biden-era rules as critics condemn RFK Jr and Lee Zeldin’s ‘hocus pocus’

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Environment | The Guardian USMay 12
Trump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/trump-rollback-eto-pollution-epa #UsNews #Environment #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #TrumpAdministration #Pollution #AirPollution
Trump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says

Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research finds

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World news | The GuardianApr 30
Democrats say EPA head’s budget cut proposal ‘reads like climate change deniers’ manifesto’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/30/epa-budget-cut-proposal #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #UsSenate #TrumpAdministration #Environment #UsNews #UsPolitics #ClimateCrisis #Pfas
Democrats say EPA head’s budget cut proposal ‘reads like climate change deniers’ manifesto’

Lee Zeldin claims before Senate that Trump administration plan will make Environmental Protection Agency ‘more efficient’

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US news | The GuardianApr 27
US supreme court to hear case that could weaken consumers’ ability to sue for failure to warn of product risks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/supreme-court-pesticides-case #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #UsPolitics #Pesticides #Herbicides #Monsanto #Bayer #Business #Health #Cancer
US supreme court weighs blocking lawsuits against Roundup makers alleging weedkiller causes cancer

Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studies

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World news | The GuardianApr 22
Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/air-pollution-report-dangerous-levels-children #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #Health #Environment #ClimateCrisis #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #UsPolitics #YoungPeople
Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns

American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections

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Climate crisis | The GuardianApr 14
Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/dc-conference-climate-deniers-trump-epa-chief #UsNews #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #TrumpAdministration #Environment #UsPolitics #WashingtonDc #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency
Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’

Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say

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World news | The GuardianApr 3
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/03/epa-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-water #UsEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Water #TrumpAdministration #Plastics #UsNews #Environment #UsPolitics #Pollution
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

Proposal, a win for RFK Jr’s Maha movement, is a ‘first step’ toward tackling plastic pollution, advocates say

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