Health Mar 14 EPA to limit harmful 'forever chemicals' in drinking water The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
Politics Mar 09 House GOP votes to overturn Biden administration water protections The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration's protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business.
Politics Mar 02 Poor communities await first EPA limits on 'forever chemicals' The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable.
Nation Jan 21 In wake of California storms, few homeowners have flood insurance In California, only about 230,000 homes and other buildings have flood insurance policies, which are separate from homeowners insurance. That means only about 2 percent of properties are covered against flooding.
Nation Dec 30 EPA restores water regulations once diluted during the Trump era Environmental groups and public health advocates countered that the Trump rule allowed businesses to dump pollutants into unprotected waterways and fill in some wetlands, threatening public water supplies downstream and harming wildlife and habitat.
Politics Dec 28 EPA investigating Colorado air pollution regulations for discrimination against Hispanics The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Colorado's regulation of air pollution from industrial facilities discriminates against Hispanic residents and other racial minorities, according to a letter released by the agency Wednesday.
Science Dec 13 WATCH: Scientists announce fusion energy breakthrough, possible game-changer for climate Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, the Energy Department said.
Politics Dec 10 Defense bill passed by House includes $34 billion to protect Texas coast from storms Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against…
Nation Oct 24 St. Louis high school shooting leaves 3 dead including gunman, police say A gunman broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a woman and a teenage girl and wounding six others before police killed him.
Nation Oct 07 Lack of flood insurance leaves families with broken homes following Hurricane Ian The Insurance Information Institute says only about 4 percent of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance although 90 percent of catastrophes in the U.S. involve flooding.