Doug Burgum Is Confirmed by Senate as Interior Secretary

Doug Burgum, a promoter of oil and gas, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to lead the Interior Department, a role in which he will oversee drilling and mining…

Could Trump Use the ‘God Squad’ to Override Environmental Law?

In at least two executive orders since he took office last week, President Trump has invoked a panel with a telling nickname: the God Squad. The committee is made up…

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and…

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and…

Lee Zeldin, Trump’s Pick to Head E.P.A., Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing

Of all the government agencies that President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to shrink or eliminate, perhaps none has been a greater target than the Environmental Protection Agency. During the…

In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks, saying in a…