Trump Mounts Sweeping Attack on Pollution and Climate Rules March 13, 2025 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of U.S. environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest...
EPA Submits Biden Approval of California EV Plan to Congress February 20, 2025 By David Shepardson The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has submitted the Biden administration’s approval of California’s landmark plan to...
EPA Approves California’s Plan to Ban Sale of Gas-Only Cars in 2035 December 19, 2024 By David Shepardson The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has approved California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only...
EPA Prepares Chemical PFA Safety Plan Amid Calls for Tougher Action February 15, 2019 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOHN FLESHER The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce a plan for dealing with a class of long-lasting chemical contaminants amid...
Victims Still Unpaid 3 Years After Colorado Mine Spill August 6, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT Three years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered a massive mine spill that polluted rivers in three states, the...
NYC Readies Sandbags to Barricade Steam-Pipe Blast Site July 23, 2018 New York City had sandbags at the ready Friday night to barricade the site of a Manhattan steam-pipe explosion against...
EPA Plans to Rescind Safety Rules Prompted by Fatal Texas Plant Blast May 22, 2018 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt moved Thursday to rescind much of a package of safety measures proposed for chemical...
EPA May Have Overstated Colorado Mine Spill Damages March 21, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished an overdue review of damage claims from a Colorado mine...
EPA Considers Using Robots in Old Mines to Prevent Toxic Spills February 1, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT Crumbling mine tunnels awash with polluted waters perforate the Colorado mountains, and scientists may one day send robots creeping through...
Hundreds of Superfund Sites Face Flood Risks December 27, 2017 By JASON DEAREN, MICHAEL BIESECKER and ANGELIKI KASTANIS When Anthony Stansbury moved down the street from the Anclote River in Florida last year, he didn’t know his slice...