Casting an EPA memo that announced the policy as “all bark and no bite,” the D.C. Circuit rejected a lawsuit Tuesday from California and environmental groups challenging the EPA’s new scheme for classifying sources of air pollution.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.”
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An environmental group asked the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to ban a dangerous pesticide the group says is endangering the nation’s children.
Read moreThe Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition claims in a federal complaint that the chemical plant Eagle Natrium has violated its EPA permits in all but one month since 2014, including polluting waters with mercury.
Read moreJust four months after a report detailed the widespread impact coal ash has on groundwater throughout the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal Tuesday that would exempt the construction industry from regulations for the storage and use of the toxic substance.
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Accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of waging war on transparency, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims new rules give the agency more power to deny public records requests, withhold information and prevent appeals against its decisions.
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Concentrations of fine particulate matter in U.S. skies lead to thousands of deaths annually and have shortened life expectancy despite efforts to curb pollution, a study found Tuesday.
Read moreAfter the Trump administration gave hardrock-mining companies a pass on proving their financial ability to tackle cleanup costs in the event of a spill, the D.C. Circuit shot down a challenge Friday to force the regulatory change.
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A popular pesticide shown to be particularly toxic to children can continue to be used on commercial crops, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.
Read morePresident James Garfield was shot by an assassin on his 199th day in office, but it was sepsis that killed him — a result of doctors failing to wash their hands while trying to remove the bullet in 1881.
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A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows U.S. air quality has improved alongside expansion of the American population and economy since the passage of the Clean Air Act, but the agency concedes there is room for improvement.
Read moreAdvisory committees for the Environmental Protection Agency have been stripped of academic scientists while stakeholders from industries the agency regulates have filled out those spots, in a shift that scientists warned Tuesday could upend oversight of environmental matters in favor of profit-driven motives.
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The Environmental Protection Agency was quick to protect water infrastructure systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey but didn’t do a good job reaching out to residents of vulnerable communities, according to a report from the agency’s inspector general.
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The Environmental Protection Agency skirted some of its usual procedures and ethics rules when it overhauled key agency advisory boards, slashing the numbers of academic scientists on the panels and appointing more industry figures, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.
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When an endangered orca named Tahlequeah lost her calf last summer, the entire pod swam 1,000 miles with the grieving mother as she carried the young whale’s body for 17 days through the Salish Sea.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency claims a Dow Silicones Corporation plant in central Michigan violated the Clean Air Act by not controlling emissions, underreporting the amount of benzene in wastewater and lagging in the repair of equipment that leaked pollutants.
Read moreLawmakers said Thursday that nearly 500,000 direct and indirect automotive jobs could be lost by 2025 if the Trump administration’s proposed fuel-economy rule takes effects and rolls back energy standards that have been in place for years.
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Extending the life of coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration pulled the plug Wednesday on a landmark effort from the Obama era to move away from climate-damaging pollution.
Read moreThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a case that would deem the owner of a Superfund site a responsible party for pollution damages and require it to fork out funding for toxic cleanups beyond what is mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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