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Trump Proposes Replacing Obama's Clean Power Plan

The Environmental Protection Agency suggested new guidelines that could have dire consequences. 

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The Trump administration proposed replacing the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama's regulatory efforts to combat climate change, in a move critics said would have dire environmental and health consequences.

Reuters reports the proposal released by the Environmental Protection Agency would grant states the ability to write their own weaker regulations for the plants and give them the ability to seek permission to opt out of regulations on power plant emissions.

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Conservative Supreme Court justices curb California’s effort to shield transgender students from forced outing

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Federal workplace rights agency says Trump’s government can limit transgender employees’ bathroom usage

The policy does not negate the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock ruling which found that discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity is unconstitutional.

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Climate change poses a serious threat to our planet's future.

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Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley fired as Mayor Karen Bass cites wildfire failures

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