Aug 15 Watch 7:33 Amid Newark’s water crisis, questions about why it’s taking so long to resolve In Newark, New Jersey, worries and anger over contaminated drinking water are growing by the day. High lead levels have been found at many of Newarkâs homes, in a case echoing the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan. City officials… Continue watching
Aug 13 21 states sue the Trump administration over coal-fired power plant rules By Don Thompson, Adam Beam, Associated Press The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eliminated the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and replaced it with a new rule that gives states more leeway in deciding required upgrades for coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
Jun 26 Top EPA official resigns amid congressional probe By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Ethics questions have dogged EPA Assistant Administrator Bill Wehrum since his 2017 nomination by President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jun 19 EPA guts Obama rule on coal power plants By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The final Trump administration rule that would replace Obama's Clean Power Plan would give individual states wide discretion to decide whether to require efficiency upgrades at coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
May 31 EPA allows expanded use of ethanol-gasoline mix By Margery A. Beck, Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency's announcement ends a summertime ban on the E15 blend imposed out of concerns for increased smog. Continue reading
May 22 Children’s health research at risk over lack of EPA funding By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the EPA will not commit to their continued funding. Continue reading
Feb 26 EPA defends drop in penalties for polluters By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Assistant EPA administrator Susan Bodine testified before Congress on Tuesday in the first oversight hearing on EPA since Democrats reclaimed the House majority last month. Continue reading
Feb 14 EPA announces plan for dealing with toxic chemicals in water By John Flesher, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Under strong pressure from Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it will move ahead this year with a process that could lead to setting a safety threshold for a group of highly toxic chemicals in drinking water. Continue reading
Feb 05 Nomination of acting EPA head Wheeler moves to full Senate vote By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-10 along party lines Tuesday to approve President Donald Trump's nomination of Wheeler as EPA administrator. Continue reading
Jan 16 WATCH: EPA nominee Wheeler says climate change ‘not the greatest crisis’ By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday called climate change "a huge issue" but not the "greatest crisis," drawing fire from Democrats at his confirmation hearing over the regulatory rollbacks he's made in six months… Continue reading