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More than 200 chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions under new EPA rule

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, ...

EPA announces comprehensive ban on asbestos

The carcinogen is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. It kills thousands of Americans every year.

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. In addition to methane, natural gas typically contains other hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, butane, and pentanes. Raw natural gas may also contain water vapor, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon dioxide, helium, nitrogen, and other compounds. (Source: www.earthworksaction.org). As of July 2014, roughly 30 percent of the Photo by Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images

EPA proposes ‘methane fee’ for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies

EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the proposed fee would work in tandem with a final rule on methane emissions EPA announced last month.

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. Photo by Andrew Kelly/REUTERS

Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells

The EPA said the Louisiana agreement includes safeguards to protect poorer, often majority-Black communities that live near those facilities — and that those standards will serve as a model for other states.

By Michael Phillis, Associated Press

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2022. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS

EPA head says he’s fully supports decision to block Alaska mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay

The nation's top environmental official said he fully supports his agency's decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska's salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that…

By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

WATCH: Biden administration makes $20 billion ‘green bank’ available for clean energy projects

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal "green bank" for clean energy projects such as residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers.

EPA says Florida has most lead pipes in U.S.

By Michael Phillis, Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency survey released Tuesday is important because it will be a factor in how $15 billion in infrastructure money will be doled out to find and replace such lines.

EPA launches new office to distribute $3 billion in environmental justice grants

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America

President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 billion in block grants to underserved communities burdened by pollution.

2 ‘forever chemicals’ to be named hazardous substances, says EPA official

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency says it's designating some toxic industrial compounds used in household goods as hazardous substances under the Superfund law.

WATCH: Black Biden administration Cabinet members hold a roundtable on ‘Making Black History’

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

The six Black members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet met for a Black History Month event Thursday highlighting their roles in the administration, some of which are historic firsts.