
Umair Irfan
Former correspondent
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The former administrator’s bloated security detail was unwarranted, the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General found.


But no one can afford to cut them all down.


The storm has already dumped more than three feet of rain on the Big Island.


Major wildfires are delivering choking haze to much of the western United States.


The Trump administration is proposing to replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan with a much weaker rule.


Poor forest management is a key driver of fires, but it’s not activists that are standing in the way.


The agency claims it will save lives by making safe cars more affordable. Internal emails showed that the proposal would be more dangerous.


The fire season now runs almost year-round, and 2018 is already worse than usual in California, Colorado, and Oregon.


Heat, wind, and drought conspired to create a ferocious, deadly fire.


His EPA is imposing new restrictions but won’t ban it.