From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Pollution, politics, and the EPA.

I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point.

Candidate Donald Trump said the Environmental Protection Agency was more about politics than science.

Administrator Scott Pruitt got the message. He's weakening rules for clean water, methane, leaks,

chemical explosions, and pesticides as EPA scientists are bought out or retire. One environmental

group sees a corporate takeover of the agency created by Richard Nixon to monitor environmental threats to public health.

Pruitt says there's been federal overreach.

So how will a weakened EPA handle the dangerous consequences of massive natural disasters?

Later on today's talking point, the Trump Justice Department sides with a Christian Baker against a gay couple before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Hello again, Warren-Aulay, back with To The Poet, Texas, Florida, and other states face years of environmental consequences from hurricanes, Harvey, and Irma.

At the same time, the Trump administration is downsizing the Environmental Protection Agency and weakening rules for protection.

We'll hear what that could mean.

Today's talking point is baking a wedding cake a form of free speech?

The Attorney General Jeff Sessions Justice Department says it is.

It's telling the U.S. Supreme Court that justifies discrimination against a same-sex couple.

First is news update in the aftermath of Irma,

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