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An analyst with the price-tracking website GasBuddy says there are many reasons why we are seeing a rise in gasoline prices nationwide.

Large livestock farms may have to start reporting high levels of two types of emissions as of Wednesday. But the Environmental Protection Agency wanted a last-minute delay of a federal rule it’s been trying to modify for years.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has been confirmed as the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Senate approved Pruitt on a 52-46 vote on Friday afternoon, with two Democrats — Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota — voting for his nomination. Republican Susan Collins of Maine voted no.

Inspectors with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were in Champaign recently, testing homes in one neighborhood for toxic vapors.  But they say even if those substances are found, it’s far too early to know whether they’re tied to a nearby site where a manufactured gas plant once operated.