Environmental Protection Agency News

Trump Mounts Sweeping Attack on Pollution and Climate Rules

The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of U.S. environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in U.S. history. The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will formally reconsider more than …

EPA Submits Biden Approval of California EV Plan to Congress

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has submitted the Biden administration’s approval of California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 to Congress for review and potential repeal. The decision by the new …

In a First, EPA Survey Puts a Number on Lead Pipes Around US

Some 9.2 million lead pipes carry water into homes across the U.S., with more in Florida than any other state, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency survey that will dictate how billions of dollars to find and replace those …

EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Toxic Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern on Tuesday to pay for the cleanup of the East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck and chemical release as federal regulators took charge of long-term recovery efforts and …

State: EPA Will Help Extinguish Ongoing Landfill Fire

MOODY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey announced …

Groups Sue Environmental Protection Agency over Coal Ash

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday over its refusal to regulate some older coal ash dumps, claiming they are polluting air and groundwater. A lawsuit filed in federal court in …

Canadian Owner OKs $84M in Work, $1.5M Fine; Louisiana Plant

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The company that owns a closed fertilizer plant in Louisiana has agreed to clean up more than a billion pounds of hazardous waste and to pay a $1.5 million fine, federal and state agencies said Thursday. …

EPA: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected. The …

EPA Rule Would Finally Ban Asbestos, Carcinogen Still in Use

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every year. The proposal …

EPA Moves to End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. The asbestos came from …