The new norm advances President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental justice with health protections for communities burdened by industrial pollution from chemicals such as chloropren
The new rules, which take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, will avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades
More than half of the basin’s miles of rivers and streams were in poor condition for nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer that drains into waterways, the agency found
The EPA said that because of the Court’s decision, the federal government no longer has the power to regulate wetlands that don’t have a ‘continuous surface connection’ to larger, regulated bodies of water
If selected, EPA would study vinyl chloride to determine whether it poses an ‘unreasonable risk to human health or the environment,’ a process that would take at least three years
EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the plan would hold polluters accountable for controlling and cleaning up coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal that can pollute groundwater, drinking water and air and has been linked to cancer
If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25% of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution
The community groups want to compete for federal money for projects including pollution cleanup, air quality monitoring and workforce development for jobs in wind and solar
The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032
States refused to accept hazardous waste from the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, leading the EPA to issue a pointed reminder that they cannot interfere with federally authorized waste transport
This is the latest development in a long-running fight over the reach of the Clean Water Act. President Joe Biden has promised to veto Congress’ measure
Although it’s unclear what steps the EPA might take if states don’t cooperate, the agency told Norfolk Southern that it expects the company to take legal action if it is unable to ship the waste