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EPA Plan to Manage Toxic ‘Teflon’ Chemicals Delayed by Shutdown
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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During a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler was pressed by members of the Senate Committee on Environment and… Read More
![Scott Pruitt attends a picnic for military families at the White House on July 4, a day before he was forced out of as head of the Environmental Protection Agency for various alleged ethical lapses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-991737600-d52159e77e48b843c3d60cab5d3395c880b0d157-e1531239294982-900x422.jpg)
Does Scott Pruitt’s Slow Ouster Mean Ethics Laws Are Getting Weaker?
By: Peter Overby | NPR
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“It’s going to take different leadership at the top,” said Don Fox, a former acting director of the Office of Government Ethics. “And that means a different occupant in the White House.”
![Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency's deputy and soon-to-be acting administrator, poses for a photograph released Thursday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rts1vfoh-4be1cc6e789708c5d8d60a03e50348509ffb5272-e1530906159557-900x422.jpg)
Get To Know Andrew Wheeler, Ex-Coal Lobbyist With Inside Track To Lead EPA
By: Rebecca Hersher | Colin Dwyer | NPR
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The agency’s next acting chief has drawn praise as a capable administrator. But critics still say the transition from Scott Pruitt is a bit like “going from a train wreck to a house on fire.”
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Scott Pruitt Out At EPA
By: Rebecca Hersher | Brett Neely | NPR
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After months of ethics scandals and investigations, the embattled EPA head has resigned, the president said Thursday.
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The OUtlet: Season 6, Show 3
By: Abby Grisez
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This is the October 3rd, 2017 broadcast of The OUtlet from WOUB News. On this week’s show, our reporters will tell you about a new shop in Athens that is… Read More
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Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Coal-producing states are preparing for arguments next month in the federal appeals court case known as West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to limit greenhouse… Read More