After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in U.S. drinking water
For the next five years, the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will not require public water utilities…
Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.
For decades, Phoenix has struggled with smog that gets trapped in its bowl-like topography and is detrimental to…
How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at E.P.A.
For more than a half-century, a prestigious scientific arm of the federal government did groundbreaking research aimed at…
How Lee Zeldin Shifted the Mission — And the Message — of the E.P.A.
Lee Zeldin does not speak like any other Environmental Protection Agency administrator in recent history. The job of…
E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened pollution limits for coal-burning power plants, allowing them to release more…
EPA aims to roll back regulations, advocates are worried in Evansville
EVANSVILLE — Evansville has long been called a “sacrifice zone” due to nearby pollution hazards, and the current…