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EPA drops regulation for contaminant linked to infant brain damage

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency has ended an Obama-era drive to regulate a widespread contaminant in drinking water that's been linked to brain damage in infants.

Supreme Court rejects EPA's narrow view of Clean Water Act

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when they send dirty water on an indirect route.

Justices rule against Montana homeowners near Superfund site

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court delivered a setback Monday to Montana homeowners who are seeking additional cleanup of arsenic left over from years of copper smelting.

News Wrap: Obama endorses Biden, urges 'great awakening' in politics

In our news wrap Tuesday, former President Barack Obama ended months of neutrality and endorsed his vice president, Joe Biden, for the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama said Biden has the character and experience to guide the nation through one of…

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Trump administration to release final rule on mileage rollback

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The Trump administration is expected to release a final rule Tuesday on mileage standards through 2026.

Trump agencies push forward on rollbacks as pandemic rages

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The Trump administration is steadily pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks toward enactment, rejecting appeals that it slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the pandemic.

Toxic Superfund cleanups decline to more than 30-year low

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The federal government wrapped up cleanups at six Superfund sites around the country in the 2019 budget year, the fewest since three in 1986, EPA online records showed.

The House just voted to regulate PFAS. Here's what you need to know

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Friday that would set a deadline for the EPA to implement a national drinking water standard for chemicals known as PFAS.

Farm, ethanol groups angered at final EPA ethanol rule

By David Pitt, Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency released its final renewable fuel standard but it did not include language that President Donald Trump agreed to in meetings with industry officials, Iowa’s governor and congressional representatives during September and October.

EPA prosecutions of polluters approach quarter-century lows

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Justice Department figures show criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency.