A controversial water rule is being revamped by the EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency once again will revisit a controversial rule to define streams and wetlands ...
Scientific American20h
How Gutting the EPA's Research Team Could Impact Clean Air and Water Rules
A plan by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to fire scientists could disrupt environmental rules focused on clean air and water ...
Inside Climate News3h
EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater
Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very ...
The Boston Harbor cleanup showed the power of the EPA — when it’s willing to use it.
Just a few generations past, the harbor was too toxic for swimming and was known as the "dirtiest" in the nation. The EPA was ...
A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he ...
ABC News7d
EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign
"If they get their way, they will wreck our air, our water ... administration used the metric to "advance their climate agenda in a way that imposed major costs." In 2010, the EPA under then ...
Iowa Public Radio2d
A toxic, cancer-causing chemical was banned by the EPA. Now, some in Congress want to reverse course
In December, the EPA announced a phased ban of a cancer-causing chemical that can persist in groundwater. Iowa’s 1st District ...
Clean Up Your Tap Water
In some places tap water is generally considered safe under Environmental Protection Agency standards. In others, it’s ...
'Forever chemical' water quality standards threatened by lawsuits, EPA review
Two national water utility trade groups, whose members include many of Long Island's public water providers, have filed a ...
E&E News1d
Leaked EPA layoff plan would slash science office
The intent to slash EPA’s science staff is one portion of a broader layoff and reorganization plan from the agency, according ...
The Denver Post7d
A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
The EPA said it will reconsider those rules and look at how the treated water could be used for other purposes like cooling data centers, fighting fires and other ecological needs. They say the ...