"Trump’s EPA gives the oil and gas industry more leeway on climate-changing methane" PBS NewsHour 9/11/2018

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SUMMARY:  The Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules making it easier for oil and gas companies to release methane, a potent greenhouse gas.  It's the Trump administration's third major step to roll back regulations aimed at combating global warming and climate change.  William Brangham learns more from Coral Davenport of The New York Times.

"How Betsy DeVos wants to defang rules for-profit colleges and reduce relief for borrowers" PBS NewsHour 9/11/2018

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SUMMARY:  For years the for-profit college sector boomed, but consumer complaints about fraud led the Obama administration to crack down: Two major for-profit chains were closed, and new regulations provided more forgiveness for student debt.  Recently, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been taking a very different approach.  Amna Nawaz talks with Anya Kamenetz of NPR about the changes.