Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump April 16, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman and Zahra Hirji After teacher Janet Rau learned that a carcinogenic gas was being released from an industrial plant near her school in...
EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals April 6, 2026 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services announced that they will monitor the impact of...
EPA Watchdog Finds Nation’s Most Toxic Sites Are Vulnerable to Flooding, Wildfires April 2, 2026 By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential...
EPA Promises Ruling on New Hampshire Repeal of Vehicle Inspections by Summer March 24, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has promised New Hampshire officials that his agency will expedite its review...
EPA Moves to Weaken Pollution Limits on Ethylene Oxide March 16, 2026 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a...
Cleaning Up Potomac River Sewer Spill Could Take Months February 26, 2026 By Zahra Hirji After a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River outside Washington, DC attracted the ire of President Donald Trump, federal...
Environmental Groups Challenge Decision to Revoke Basis of Climate Regulations February 18, 2026 By David Shepardson A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to revoke the scientific...
Trump’s EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for ‘Decades’ February 13, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Eric Roston US President Donald Trump is shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency more quickly and aggressively than ever before, culminating in this...
Trump’s Repeal of Climate Rule Opens a ‘New Front’ for Litigation February 11, 2026 By Jan Wolfe The Trump administration’s imminent repeal of an Obama-era scientific finding that greenhouse gases pose a public health threat could open...
Study Ties Particle Pollution From Wildfire Smoke to 24,100 US Deaths Per Year February 6, 2026 By Dorany Pineda Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States,...