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Podcast: Troubled Climate for Trump’s First Earth Day

The Big Story, Episode 50

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By David Hawkings, Jeremy Dillon and Mike Magner
Posted April 19, 2017 at 3:23pm

President Donald Trump is moving on several fronts to deregulate environmental protection, prompting some states to intervene. But deep EPA budget cuts will get tamed by Congress, and the U.S. might stay with the Paris climate accord; even business leaders and conservative voters worry the anti-green push has gone too far, CQ Roll Call’s Mike Magner and Jeremy Dillon explain.

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Show Notes:

Trump’s Executive Actions Bring Progressives Back to Earth

Some GOP Lawmakers Push Back Against EPA Cut

 

 Despite Email Flap, Scott Pruitt Confirmed to Head EPA 

Gaetz’s Bill to Abolish EPA Gets Little Traction

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