environmental protection agency

WATCH: Biden EPA nominee vows 'sense of urgency' on climate change

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

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.

Toyota fined for failing to report, fix emissions defects

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

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.

A final EPA rollback under Trump curbs use of health studies

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

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.

U.S. gives Florida wider authority over wetland development

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

The move long sought by developers and Republicans removes key layers of federal scrutiny over developments projects that could make it easier for builders to obtain permits for construction projects on wetlands.

Biden picks regulator Michael Regan for EPA administrator

By Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael S. Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA finalizes water permit to help cleanup the Great Bay in New Hampshire

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

Federal officials have finalized a plan to reduce pollution in one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast with an approach that gives surrounding communities greater flexibility to address the problem.

EPA administrator ridicules California's proposed ban of new gas cars

By Adam Beam, Associated Press

Andrew Wheeler said the proposal raises significant legal questions and would increase electricity demand in a state. A spokesman for Newsom said California is leading the fight against climate change while the Trump administration tries to drive the country off…

Lawsuit says EPA failed to enforce Chesapeake Bay pollution caps

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

The lawsuit says the EPA is allowing the two states to miss an upcoming deadline for meeting pollution-reduction goals.

Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Cathy Bussewitz, John Flesher, Matthew Brown, Michael Casey, Associated Press

The AP's findings run counter to statements in late June by Susan Bodine, EPA's assistant administrator for enforcement, who told lawmakers the pandemic was not causing "a significant impact on routine compliance, monitoring and reporting" and that industry wasn't widely…

WATCH: Trump's EPA drops methane emissions rule for oil, gas fields

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Marc Levy, Associated Press

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, signed the rollback of the 2016 methane emissions rule in Pittsburgh, in the heart of the nation's most prolific natural gas reservoir and in the premier presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania.