A federal judge on Friday advanced a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fails to track how much hazardous asbestos is made, imported and added to U.S. products.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency cannot ignore “legacy uses” of chemicals when evaluating their impact on public health, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday while upholding most new rules for reviewing toxic substances.
Read moreCongress showered bipartisan support Wednesday on the nominee tapped to serve as watchdog of the Environmental Protection Agency, still rehabilitating its image after the scandals of its former head, Scott Pruitt.
Read moreOur Children’s Earth Foundation sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court for failing to comply with his nondiscretionary duty to revise or update emission standards for seven sources of air pollution, under the Clean Air Act.
Read moreNew Jersey and Connecticut sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court for failing to comply with his mandatory duty to make findings of failure to submit state implementation plans that comply with the Good Neighbor provision of the Clean Air Act, to reduce out-of-state air pollution blowing into their airsheds.
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Prosecutions of environmental crimes dropped to historic lows under the Trump administration last fiscal year and one legal expert believes that could endanger public health.
Read moreUsing stern words in a ruling that otherwise sidelines the EPA’s challengers, the D.C. Circuit warned the Trump administration on Friday that it can’t distort established facts to weaken vehicle emission standards.
Read moreA federal court in Oregon recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency review its use of ZonaStat-H, a vaccine used as birth control for wild horses. The court found that its decision not to review the vaccine was “arbitrary and capricious.”
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit scrutinized the government Monday over the four-hour window it gives power plants to track pollution spewed out by their generators.
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Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials called for a formal investigation of the Trump administration’s focus on environmental violations in California despite other states racking up more compliance violations.
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A proposed open-pit gold and copper mine approved by the federal government faces considerable legal pushback from Alaskan environmental and fishing groups, claiming the project would taint the watershed for local wildlife, including starving the headwaters that sustain the world’s largest wild salmon run.
Read moreA coalition of 30 states and local governments filed a motion to intervene in a coal industry lawsuit, seeking to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate coal power plant emissions under the Clean Air Act.
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Environmentalists warned the D.C. Circuit on Monday that air quality will suffer across the country if the court does not stop the Trump administration from giving states permitting power for power plants and refineries.
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Following months of complaints from the Midwest, the Trump administration announced fuel-blend requirements Friday that will boost ethanol demand, turning the page on oil-refinery exemptions that crippled some corn farmers.
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Continuing its fixation with the Golden State, the Trump administration has accused San Francisco of soiling city streets and beaches with raw sewage and a bevy of other Clean Water Act violations.
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The D.C. Circuit struck down an Environmental Protection Agency rule Tuesday that set loose guidelines for monitoring the amount of air pollution that travels across state lines.
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Targeting emissions that drift across state lines, the Sierra Club added another lawsuit Monday to the pile of cases the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is battling in federal court.
Read moreTwo days after threatening to pull highway funding from California over “chronic” smog, the Trump administration on Thursday said the Golden State is also falling short of federal water-quality standards, due in part to a “homelessness crisis.”
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Amid a growing dispute over climate change and vehicle emissions standards, the Trump administration on Tuesday threatened to withhold highway funding and other federal grants from California over its “chronic air quality problems.”
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