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.
2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K, watchdog finds
The report by EPA's Office of Inspector General says former EPA chief of staff Ryan Jackson and former White House liaison Charles Munoz submitted "official timesheets and personnel forms that contained materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements."…
EPA chief reinstates science advisory board he dismantled
The five women and two men on the panel include three people of color, making it the most diverse panel since the committee was established more than 40 years ago.
The previous rule was part of a wave of deregulatory actions under President Donald Trump, who rolled back dozens of environmental rules he considered overly burdensome on businesses.
The proposed rule follows through on a law Congress passed in December authorizing a 15-year phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
Regan is currently the head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality. If he is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he will be the first Black man to lead the agency.
The company also agreed in court to investigate future emissions-related defects quickly and report them to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a timely manner.
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration, changing how it considers evidence of harm from pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public-health regulation.
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