"Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde."

"A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable — respiratory disease since 2015."

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expects to cut most of that agency’s staff, President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he and his administration plow ahead with dramatic reductions to the federal workforce."

"On Rum, Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary, the island’s 40 residents have learned to embrace darkness."

"Congress is scheduled to vote on two bills this week that would roll back climate regulations issued in the final months of the Biden administration. The agencies that implemented the rules, which limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and set efficiency standards for water heaters, expected them to prevent tens of millions of tons of climate pollution in coming decades if left in place."

"Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week"

"An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all too uncertain."

"The president’s deregulatory blitz might crash into the same repetitive setback from his first term: court defeats stemming from procedural fumbles."

"A founder of a conservative opposition research group that has investigated people who are suing the oil industry has left the group amid a staff reshuffling." "The former Argus Insight leaders have taken key roles at the Republican National Committee and the White House."

"Climate change is behind the windfall gains, and growers are worried about whether they can adapt."