EPA to Revisit Health Standards for Harmful Soot From Industrial Plants, Cars June 11, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici and Eric Beech The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it would re-examine health standards for harmful soot that the previous...
Inspector General Finds Trump EPA Officials Improperly Influenced Dicamba Approval May 28, 2021 By Jim Salter Environmental Protection Agency officials improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in...
Mississippi City Receives $492K Federal Grant to Map Contaminated Sites May 21, 2021 A Mississippi city is getting a $492,000 federal grant to list and assess contaminated and abandoned industrial and commercial sites...
EPA Says Water OK to Drink in Miss. Capital City as Treatment System Struggles May 14, 2021 Environmental Protection Agency officials met with Jackson leaders Tuesday to discuss severe issues with the water system in Mississippi’s capital...
Biden EPA Relaunches Website With Climate Change Indicators May 14, 2021 By Andrea Januta After years of delays during the Trump administration, the EPA released its new climate indicators, which show Americans are already...
South Carolina Plant Draws 17K Complaints Over ‘Noxious’ Odor May 12, 2021 A South Carolina cardboard factory has found itself in the middle of a stinky situation as environmental regulators order it...
EPA Denies Ban; Permits Farmers’ Use of Dicamba-Based Weed Killers for Five Years October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it will allow farmers to spray crops with weed killers based on...
Trump EPA Saves Coal Plants Millions with Delay on Coal Ash Pond Closures October 20, 2020 By Travis Loller The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more...
VW Asks Court to Reconsider ‘Staggering’ Damages for Counties Over Diesel Emissions August 3, 2020 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG’s wholly owned U.S. subsidiary on Thursday asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling...
EPA Report: North Carolina Chemours Plant Chemical Release Went Unchecked for Years June 3, 2020 Environmental regulators did not inspect a North Carolina chemical facility for eight years even though it was under a federal...