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Menefee to Environmental Protection Agency: “Do Your Job” • Nov. 10, 2026, 6:00 AM ET (Houston Press)
Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back. • Nov. 4, 2026, 10:00 AM ET (ProPublica)
EPA response to 2023 Ohio train derailment will be investigated by agency watchdog • Oct. 27, 2026, 6:07 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As EPA
Date 1970 - present
Areas Of Involvement conservation • public health • air pollution • water pollution • waste product • What Is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Endangerment Finding? • emission control system • National Ambient Air Quality Standards • pollution control • catalytic converter
Related People Richard Nixon • Lisa P. Jackson • Christine Todd Whitman • Valdas Adamkus

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