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Steelworkers sue Trump EPA to save anti-chemical disaster rule

January 15, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Imagine putting the lives and health of 177 million U.S. residents – one of every two – at risk.

David vs. Goliath: Small town’s residents fight oil and mining giant

December 10, 2019 By Al Neal

Oral arguments revealed the Supreme Court appeared to be leaning against residents' claim that they can seek damages outside the purview of the EPA's Superfund clean-up efforts at the Anaconda mining site in Montana.

Senate Dems: Trump EPA attack on its workers is illegal

October 30, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to unilaterally cut off bargaining with its workers and impose a new and regressive contract on them breaks federal labor law.

EPA will not commit to funding research on health risks to children

May 23, 2019 By Ellen Knickmeyer

“A lot of the centers, including mine, have identified a lot of chemicals that are associated with diseases in children."

EPA slams door to justice on historic Black community

December 13, 2018 By Special to People’s World

The EPA greenlights the landfill to continue to operate without sufficient public-health and environmental protections in the middle of a historic Black community.