EPA

Some communities of color bore the brunt of health effects from chemical runoff or other pollutants – a symptom of environmental racism. Risk and behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty explains how environmental racism could be addressed in the Biden administration and how those solutions are a setup for the broader fight against climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to phase down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners

Here’s everything you need to know about composting at home.

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from New York state against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its 2019 decision that General Electric had completed a Hudson River dredging remediation project. The Times Union of Albany reported U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd said the state’s suit came too late in the process and was “based on improper theories.”...

A federal judge has blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the Environmental Protection Agency may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health

A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years

President-elect Joe Biden says the United States needs a unified, national response to dealing with climate change just as it has for COVID-19

The North Carolina regulator negotiated what the state calls the largest cleanup agreement for toxic coal energy. Here are five things to know about Michael Regan.

Officials say Flint is making progress toward resolving the lead contamination crisis that made the Michigan city a symbol of poor drinking water

The Trump administration is drawing criticism for an election-year push to portray itself as a champion of a cleaner environment in disadvantaged communities

A mining company’s plan to dig outside the federal wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp is taking a big step forward because of the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental rules

Carbonated water seemed to be particularly affected.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a request from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration to allow the state, not tribal nations, to regulate environmental issues in Indian Country.

Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler says a second Trump administration term would bring more focus on pollution cleanups and less on climate change

A senior administration official says President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management

Six former leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trump’s regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term

The chemical, which home filters can’t remove, is often found in baby products, shampoos, body washes and lotions, and EPA data shows public water in areas of Long Island have the highest levels of it in the country

The Environmental Protection Agency identified two disinfectant sprays that have proved effective in killing the coronavirus on surfaces.

Investigators in a report obtained by The Associated Press say a senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency

A five-year court battle against a protective sand dune project in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy waged by oceanfront residents of a wealthy Jersey Shore town may be nearing an end following their latest in a long line of court defeats. Homeowners including a prominent national Republican fundraiser spent $5 million on a rock wall to protect their houses…