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Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found – Houston Public Media

Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were among a dozen industrial plants in the U.S. that emitted the highest levels of the chemical in 2021.

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Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found

Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were...

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Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found

Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were among a dozen industrial plants in the U.S. that emitted the highest levels of the chemical in 2021.

U.S. plastics recycling rate slumps below 6 percent, analysis finds

Americans are recycling far less plastic, as rates fell below 6 percent in 2021, according to a new analysis published Wednesday.

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Dorsey, Saylor, Fidelity and others defend environmental impact of bitcoin mining in letter to EPA

Jack Dorsey, bitcoin miners and others refute claims made by House Democrats who want the agency to investigate the environmental impacts of crypto mining.

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Members of Congress are asking the EPA to investigate the environmental impacts of crypto mining

Two dozen legislators sent a letter to the EPA this week asking the agency to make sure mining companies were in compliance with the Clean Air and Water Acts.

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Texas Beaches May Be Filthier Than We Realize

A&M researchers say more-robust testing is needed to understand just how much human feces ends up in Gulf waters.

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Why Does The U.S. Produce So Much Waste?

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. produced about 36 million tons of plastic waste in 2018.

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Why Does The U.S. Produce So Much Waste?

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. produced about 36 million tons of plastic waste in 2018.

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Commissioner Rodney Ellis, clean air advocates call on President Biden, EPA to enact strict safeguards on power plants in Texas

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and clean air advocates called on President Joe Biden and the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday morning to enact safeguards to reduce pollution from the W.A. Parish Generating Station and other power plants in Texas.

Inside the public controversies and backlash faced by 'Fixer Upper' stars Chip and Joanna Gaines

The controversy around "Home Work" wasn't the first time Chip and Joanna Gaines have faced criticism since entering the public eye.

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Cleanup of the San Jacinto Waste Pits must continue as planned, EPA says – Houston Public Media

The waste pits were built in east Harris County on the San Jacinto River in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill.

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Cleanup of the toxic San Jacinto waste pits faces another potential delay, frustrating residents – Houston Public Media

The waste pits were built in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill and contain dioxins, a group of chemicals known to cause cancer. Community advocates have been fighting for their cleanup for years.

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EPA seeks more smog controls in Houston, Dallas after they fail to meet standards – Houston Public Media

The Houston and Dallas regions may soon be designated as “severe” violators of federal smog rules, which would prompt more aggressive regulations.

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EPA seeks more smog controls in Houston, Dallas after they fail to meet standards

The Houston and Dallas regions may soon be designated as “severe” violators of...

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EPA seeks more smog controls in Houston, Dallas after they fail to meet standards

The Houston and Dallas regions may soon be designated as “severe” violators of federal smog rules, which would prompt more aggressive regulations.

EXPLAINER: Why Biden is allowing more ethanol in gasoline

The Biden administration says it will suspend a federal rule that bars higher levels of ethanol in gasoline during the summer.

Biden Waiving Ethanol Rule In Bid To Lower Gasoline Prices

Environmentalists have long argued that more ethanol in gas increases pollution.

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EPA to try to fight high gas prices at the pump with ethanol blend this summer

It's the Biden administration's latest attempt to bring gas prices down for Americans.

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EPA to try to fight high gas prices at the pump with ethanol blend this summer

It's the Biden administration's latest attempt to bring gas prices down for Americans.

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Supreme Court Conservatives Try to Outrun Public Backlash

The new majority is essentially deciding cases while they are still before the lower courts, and that doesn’t sit well with Chief Justice John Roberts.

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EPA rule would finally ban asbestos, a known carcinogen still in use

The proposed rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United States.

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EPA rule would finally ban asbestos, carcinogen still in use

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products that kills thousands of Americans every year.

The SEC Is Heading Toward a Climate Train Wreck

By failing to collaborate with the EPA on corporate emissions disclosures, the regulatory agency risks adopting rules that are a bridge to nowhere.

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Rechargeable batteries cause fires. Here’s how to properly dispose of them.

Choosing the wrong way to recycle products with rechargeable batteries can be as bad as not recycling them at all. Rather than toss them in your curbside bins, do this instead.

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EPA upholds Trump-era decision not to regulate drinking water contaminant

The chemical perchlorate is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.

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EPA upholds Trump-era decision not to regulate contaminant

Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.

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Workers call for reconsideration of pending relocation of Houston-based EPA lab

In a 2020 report by the EPA, the agency said “co-locating” the Houston facility to an existing EPA branch in Oklahoma would save $1.8 million annually in lease and facility expenses.

Ford F-150 Lightning's 320-mile range beats available Rivian electric pickups, but lags GMC

The Ford F-150 Lightning pickup will have an electric range of up to 320 miles, according to final EPA estimates released Monday by the automaker.

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Landfill cleanup slowed after more nuclear waste found

Nuclear waste buried in a Missouri landfill that sits near an underground smolder is more extensive than first believed, and is part of the reason the $205 million Superfund project that began nearly four years ago has been delayed, an Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said Friday. The EPA announced a plan in September 2018 to remove some of the radioactive material at West Lake Landfill in the St. Louis suburb of Bridgeton, and cap the rest. The EPA originally estimated the project would take about four years but now offers no timetable.

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Trump's EPA chief Scott Pruitt weighing Senate run in Oklahoma

Pruitt's tenure at the EPA under Trump was pockmarked by ethics scandals that lent the appearance of Pruitt trying to benefit personally from his office.

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Big new California reservoir on track for $2.2B federal loan

A long-delayed plan to build a giant lake in Northern California has gotten a big boost.

Justice Department, EPA Propose Settlement to Resolve Federal Hazardous Waste and Oil Spill Prevention Violations on the North Slope of Alaska

Today, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed settlement with the North Slope Borough of Alaska to resolve federal hazardous waste and oil spill violations. The settlement requires the Borough to take comprehensive actions and make infrastructure investments to comply with solid and hazardous waste management rules and oil spill prevention rules. The violations contributed to at least two oil spills into wetlands near the Kasegaluk Lagoon, Kaktovik Lagoon and Pipsuk Bight. The Borough began making improvements to its hazardous waste management and oil storage programs during negotiations for the proposed settlement. EPA has taken two previous administrative enforcement actions against the Borough in 1998 and 2015 for RCRA hazardous waste management, storage and treatment violations.

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House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles.

House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles. The plan largely ignores White House calls to replenish the mail-service fleet with electric vehicles and has drawn sharp criticism from the Biden administration, Democratic lawmakers and environmentalists, who say it falls far short of President Joe Biden’s goals to address climate change. In a letter Monday, Democrats on the oversight panel asked the agency's inspector general to investigate whether the Postal Service complied with the National Environmental Policy Act and other laws when awarding a 10-year contract to Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense to supply up to 165,000 new mail trucks.

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EPA plan would limit downwind pollution from power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan that would restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with air pollution they can’t control.

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Biden restores California's power to set car emissions rules

The Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars, reversing a Trump administration policy and likely ushering in stricter emissions standards for new passenger vehicles nationwide.

EPA memo steers water money to disadvantaged communities

Federal officials have issued guidance that they say will ensure the country's largest-ever investment in water infrastructure doesn’t bypass disadvantaged communities.

US officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife

U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction.

US officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife

U.S. wildlife officials reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it’s used more carefully by gardeners, farmers and other consumers. Federal rules for malathion are under review in response to longstanding concerns that the pesticide used on mosquitoes, grasshoppers and other insects also kills many rare plants and animals. A draft finding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last April said malathion could threaten 78 imperiled species with extinction and cause lesser harm to many more.

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Improving Ventilation Will Stop More Than Covid-19

All airborne pathogens — including viruses that cause colds and flu — spread quickly in buildings without proper air circulation and filtration.

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EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut smog, soot pollution

The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.

EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut smog, soot pollution

The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades. The proposal released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency would require the industry to cut smog-and-soot-forming nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90% per truck over current standards by 2031. New rules would start in 2027 to limit the emissions from nearly 27 million heavy trucks and buses nationwide.

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Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the EPA’s power to fight climate change – Houston Public Media

The outcome of the case could also hamstring the authority of all agencies, from the EPA to the Securities and Exchange Commission to Federal Reserve Board.

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Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the EPA's power to fight climate change

The outcome of the case could also hamstring the authority of all agencies, from the EPA to the Securities and Exchange Commission to Federal Reserve Board.

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Justices wrestle with EPA power to curb carbon emissions

The Supreme Court is wrestling with the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s power plants, a case that could hamstring the Biden administration’s plans to combat climate change.

High court to weigh limits to EPA efforts on climate change

The Supreme Court is hearing a case its conservative majority could use to hobble Biden administration efforts to combat climate change. The administration already is dealing with congressional refusal to enact the climate change proposals in President Joe Biden's Build Better Back plan. Now the justices, in arguments Monday, are taking up an appeal from 19 mostly Republican-led states and coal companies over the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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In EPA case before the Supreme Court, the agency’s power to combat climate change hangs in the balance

The Supreme Court next week will consider a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s power that could hobble President Biden’s ability to curtail U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and restrict the ability of future presidential administrations to aggressively combat climate change.

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U.S. Postal Service going ahead with plan to buy mostly gas-powered vehicles in defiance of EPA and White House

USPS cited "fragile" finances in its decision to purchase a mostly gas-powered truck fleet.

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The Texas Wine Industry Is Just Getting Started. Grape Farmers Say the End Is Near.

An herbicide used in cotton fields is devastating vineyards on the High Plains. Grape growers are suing the companies that make it.

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USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the completion of an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act is an important milestone for postal carriers who have soldiered on with overworked delivery trucks that went into service between 1987 to 1994. The U.S. Postal Service’s fleet comprises more than 230,000 vehicles, including 190,000 local delivery vehicles that are due to be replaced. “The men and women of the U.S. Postal Service have waited long enough for safer, cleaner vehicles,” DeJoy said in a statement.

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EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles

The Environmental Protection Agency says a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks has too few electric vehicles and falls short of President Joe Biden's goals to slow global warming.

EPA administrator vows to restore environmental justice in vulnerable communities: "These people have been ignored for decades"

"These communities deserve to know what's in the air they're breathing and what's in the water that they're drinking," Regan told CBS News.

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EPA announced sweeping measures to improve the environmental health of communities in the south

The Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday announced sweeping measures meant to improve the environmental health of communities throughout the south, including parts of Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens, overwhelmed by a long-known cancer cluster.

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EPA acts on environmental justice in 3 Gulf Coast states, including Texas

The agency will conduct unannounced inspections of suspect industrial sites.

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EPA acts to curb air, water pollution in poor communities

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states.

Supreme Court takes EPA case that could narrow Clean Water Act

An Idaho couple that already won once at the high court brings the case that businesses and home builders hope will limit the EPA's power.

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Ex-EPA workers ask Virginia senators not to confirm Wheeler

More than 150 former Environmental Protection Agency employees are writing to the Virginia Senate, asking the Democrat-controlled chamber to oppose the nomination of former EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler to GOP Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s Cabinet.

EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites.

67 degrees in Alaska? Climate change continues to topple temperature records.

On Sunday, the temperature in Kodiak, Alaska, hit 67 degrees Fahrenheit, setting a December record-high for a state that has become used to them as climate change continues to rewrite recorded history.

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EPA announces tighter fuel economy standards for cars and trucks

The EPA announced on Monday a plan that it says will yield $190 billion in net benefits by 2050.

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Biden boosts fuel-economy standards to fight climate change

In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. A final rule being issued Monday would raise mileage standards starting in the 2023 model year, reaching a projected industry-wide target of 40 miles per gallon by 2026 — 25% higher than a rule finalized by the Trump administration last year and 5% higher than a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency in August. “We are setting robust and rigorous standards that will aggressively reduce the pollution that is harming people and our planet – and save families money at the same time,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement.

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EPA releases plan for $1 billion Superfund site cleanup

The $1 billion plan uses some of the $3.5 billion earmarked in the infrastructure bill for Superfund site cleanup.

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The EPA begins rolling out billions to clean up Superfund sites

Starting with $1 billion, the EPA announced that 23 states and Puerto Rico would be getting money to clean up Superfund sites in a previously unfunded backlog.

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Navy blames Hawaii water contamination on jet fuel spill

Navy officials say they believe that contaminated tap water that went to Hawaii military households came from a one-time spill of jet fuel last month.

Clean Air Laredo Town Hall addresses air quality, increased cancer risk in Gateway City

The Clean Air Laredo Coalition hosted a town hall on Wednesday night to address the...

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EPA lowers ethanol requirements, citing reduced demand

The Biden administration has lowered annual production requirements for ethanol and other biofuels to account for reduced demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

EPA lowers ethanol requirements, citing reduced demand

At the same time, the administration moved to reject requests by small oil refineries to be exempted from ethanol requirements, saying they had failed to show exemptions were justified under the Clean Air Act. Taken together, the actions reflect the administration’s “commitment to reset and strengthen” the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, “following years of mismanagement” by the Trump administration and disruptions to the gasoline market stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. The actions announced Tuesday will enable officials “to get the RFS program back in growth mode by setting ambitious levels for 2022 and by reinforcing the foundation of the program so that it’s rooted in science and the law,” said Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, which sets ethanol requirements under the RFS.

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ArtPlace America shows why culture matters to communities

For a decade ending last December, ArtPlace America sprinkled $150 million across the nation, backing a kaleidoscope of projects.

Report: Some Laredoans 100% more likely to get cancer than rest of US

With statistics showing all citizens of Laredo having at least a 75% higher cancer risk...

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EPA head: 'Journey to Justice' tour 'really personal for me'

EPA Administrator Michael Regan says a recently completed “Journey to Justice” tour from Mississippi to Texas enabled him to put “faces and names with this term that we call environmental justice.”.

$3-a-Gallon Gasoline Isn’t as Painful as It Used to Be

Fuel efficiency and higher wages mean that drivers don’t need to work as many hours to fill up their tanks.

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Project Monitor and Abatement Company Owner Sentenced to Jail and Fined $399,000 for Conspiring to Violate Asbestos Regulations

Kristofer Landell and Stephanie Laskin were sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy sitting in Binghamton, New York, for conspiring to violate Clean Air Act regulations that control the safe removal, handling and disposal of asbestos. Co-defendants Roger Osterhoudt, Gunay Yakup and Madeline Alonge were all sentenced to three years’ probation in early November. According to court-filed documents, Landell, Laskin, Yakup, and Alonge engaged in a year-long conspiracy to violate federal and New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) regulations intended to prevent human exposure to asbestos. Conditions at the TechCity Property deteriorated until NYSDOL shut down operations in August 2016 and directed the defendants and their companies to cease all work. Notwithstanding this NYSDOL order, the defendants continued operations for a short time, prompting a criminal investigation.

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United States Proposes Modification to EPA Consent Decree to Reduce Sewer System Overflows for the Hampton Roads Sanitation District

The United States lodged with the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia today a proposed modification of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2010 consent decree with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) to require implementation of a comprehensive set of improvements to the sewer system to resolve longstanding problems with sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). SSOs are releases of untreated or partially-treated sewage from a municipal sanitary sewer. The HRSD sewer system serves 18 municipalities with 1.7 million residents. The projects are scattered throughout the Hampton Roads region in Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg and York County. These projects focus on increasing the capacity of the regional sanitary sewer system.

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“People have already died”: In Houston, residents demand relief from chronic pollution during EPA chief's visit

During a Friday visit, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said his agency is “prepared to act” to force accelerated cleanups in historically polluted Houston neighborhoods.

Watch live: EPA administrator, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tour Houston communities

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael S. Regan will end his week-long "Journey to Justice: Real EJ Conversations on Your Corner" trip through Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

EPA chief visits Fifth Ward neighborhood where cancer cluster identified

Residents of the Fifth Ward neighborhood that is designated as a “cancer cluster” said their fight for justice was galvanized Friday with a visit from a top administrator from the federal government.

Have you been ‘wishcycling?’ It’s likely doing more harm than good

Friday marks Earth Day, and according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2018, the recycling rate in the U.S. was 32.1%, down from 34.5% in 2015.

The Great Lakes are warmer than they’ve ever been in early November: Why that’s a problem in several ways

Some parts of the Northern Great Lakes region were greeted by their first significant snowfall of the season earlier this week, but not even the arrival of the fluffy white stuff could mask these historic times for the Great Lakes themselves.

As world leaders seek to rein in methane, Texas' oil and gas industry pressured to cut emissions

Cutting methane emissions is one of the most effective short-term tools humanity has to reduce immediate damage from climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule could require oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce emissions of methane in the field.

Biden's climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions

The Biden administration has launched a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming.

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High court adds climate change, immigration cases to docket

Over the objections of the Biden administration, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider a climate change case that could limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’

The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware, carpets and firefighting foams.

EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants

The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

EPA completes rule to phase out gases used as refrigerants

The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

Fifth Ward residents demand answers from Union Pacific Railroad about cancer cluster found in neighborhood

The Environmental Protection Agency has given United Pacific Railroad until the end of the month to respond to a request for an action plan regarding the cleanup of a contaminated site in Houston’s Fifth Ward, which is believed to be the source of a cancer cluster.

EPA bans pesticide linked to health problems in children

The Biden administration is banning use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide that environmentalists say poses risks to children and farm workers.

EXCLUSIVE: Biden mileage rule to exceed Obama climate goal

In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years.

AP Interview: EPA water chief on clean water protections

The Environmental Protection Agency’s new water director says the agency will engage with all stakeholders before rewriting the contentious Clean Water Act, which defines which waterways qualify for federal protection.

Watchdog: 2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K

A report by an internal watchdog says two high-ranking political appointees of Donald Trump's at the Environmental Protection Agency engaged in fraudulent payroll activities that cost the agency more than $130,000.

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Court strikes Trump EPA rule for full-year 15% ethanol sales

A federal appeals court says a 2019 Environmental Protection Agency rule change that allowed for the sale of a 15% ethanol gasoline blend in the summer months is contrary to federal law.

EXPLAINER: Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes

Included in the bipartisan infrastructure deal with President Joe Biden are plans to replace the country's remaining lead pipes and service lines.

High court expands eligibility for Clean Air Act exemption

The Supreme Court says an expanded number of small refineries can seek an exemption from certain renewable fuel requirements.

EPA chief reinstates science advisory board he dismantled

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he has fully reinstated one of two key advisory boards he dismantled earlier this year in a push for “scientific integrity” at the agency.

Biden moves to restore clean-water safeguards ended by Trump

The Biden administration has begun legal action to repeal a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways.

EPA restoring state and tribal power to protect waterways

The Environmental Protection Agency is restoring a rule that grants states and Native American tribes authority to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.

EPA revokes Trump-era policy that loosened clean-air rules

The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a Trump-era rule that overhauled how the agency evaluates air pollutants.

Revamped EPA website shows increased climate change risks

After a gap of more than four years, the Environmental Protection Agency has relaunched a website highlighting evidence of climate change in the United States.

EPA sets grants to restore 'brownfields' at blighted sites

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more than $66 million in grants to 151 communities nationwide to assess and clean up contaminated or abandoned “brownfields."

EPA rule to phase out gases used in refrigerators, coolants

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.

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