Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

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Michael Regan’s EPA is facing the harshest legal headwinds in history. Here’s why he’s still bullish

Michael Regan’s EPA is facing the harshest legal headwinds in history. Here’s why he’s still bullish

Michael Regan’s EPA is facing the harshest legal headwinds in history. Here’s why he’s still bullish
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Justice Department targets eBay for alleged unlawful sales of pesticides and other toxins

The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil complaint against eBay, claiming the online marketplace unlawfully sold and distributed hundreds of thousands of products like pesticides and motor vehicle emission-evading devices that violate environmental laws

Justice Department targets eBay for alleged unlawful sales of pesticides and other toxins
News

U.S tackles climate-warming HFC industrial gases with new rules

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U.S tackles climate-warming HFC industrial gases with new rules
News

EPA orders Norfolk Southern to perform additional cleanup following Ohio derailment

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EPA orders Norfolk Southern to perform additional cleanup following Ohio derailment
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EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical TCE used in automotive care and other products

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to ban the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene

EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical TCE used in automotive care and other products
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EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations, after decades when they essentially remained the same

EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint
Environment|News

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA's help

A pair of recent reports from the Environmental Protection Agency put striking numbers on America's problem with food waste

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA's help
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EPA offers $2B to clean up pollution, develop clean energy in poor and minority communities

The Biden administration is making $2 billion available to community groups, states and tribes to clean up pollution and develop clean energy in disadvantaged communities in what officials called the largest-ever investment in environmental justice

EPA offers $2B to clean up pollution, develop clean energy in poor and minority communities
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Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed the strongest overhaul of lead in drinking water rules in more than three decades

Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan
News

US EPA must do more to ensure captured carbon stays underground -report

The U.S. environment regulator does not sufficiently verify that carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects keep emissions trapped underground and should boost

US EPA must do more to ensure captured carbon stays underground -report
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After years of decline, the Biden administration says environmental enforcement is on the upswing

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is conducting more on-site inspections of polluting industrial sites than at any time since the COVID-19 pandemic began

After years of decline, the Biden administration says environmental enforcement is on the upswing
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Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells

The Biden administration is granting Louisiana's request to administer its own permit program for wells that store carbon dioxide

Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells
Business

US EPA to hold hearing on California 2035 EV sales mandate plan

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US EPA to hold hearing on California 2035 EV sales mandate plan
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Supreme Court denies Alaska's bid to revive the copper and gold Pebble Mine proposal blocked by EPA

The Supreme Court has rejected Alaska’s bid to revive a proposed copper and gold mine that was blocked by the Environmental Protection Agency

Supreme Court denies Alaska's bid to revive the copper and gold Pebble Mine proposal blocked by EPA
Business

US EPA plans to hold meetings with AT&T, Verizon on lead telecom cables

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US EPA plans to hold meetings with AT&T, Verizon on lead telecom cables
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Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution

The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff

Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
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Senate approves Biden pick to lead EPA air office as final rules near on power plants, vehicles

The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution office just as the agency is set to finalize rules over climate-changing emissions from power plants and cars and trucks

Senate approves Biden pick to lead EPA air office as final rules near on power plants, vehicles
Environment

Heart attacks, cancer, dementia, premature deaths: 4 essential reads on the health effects driving EPA’s new fine particle air pollution standard

On Feb. 7, 2024, the EPA strengthened the federal limit for annual levels of fine particulate air pollution, or PM2.5. Many serious health effects have been linked to PM2.5 exposure.

Heart attacks, cancer, dementia, premature deaths: 4 essential reads on the health effects driving EPA’s new fine particle air pollution standard
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EPA approves year-round sales of higher ethanol blend in 8 Midwest states

Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a ruled finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency

EPA approves year-round sales of higher ethanol blend in 8 Midwest states
News

US EPA directs $1 billion to 25 Superfund hazardous waste cleanups

The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste sites from New Jersey to Oregon with $1 billion in

US EPA directs $1 billion to 25 Superfund hazardous waste cleanups
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EPA to delay rules for some power plants until after November election

The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules for existing natural gas plants that emit harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming

EPA to delay rules for some power plants until after November election
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US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA's new soot pollution rule

Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S.

US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA's new soot pollution rule
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EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk

The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters and syringes

EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk
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EPA expected to relax auto emissions standards in the next few years, but reach strict limit by 2032

The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency

EPA expected to relax auto emissions standards in the next few years, but reach strict limit by 2032
Business

US finalizes tougher new tailpipe emissions limits for heavy duty vehicles

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US finalizes tougher new tailpipe emissions limits for heavy duty vehicles

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