The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment.

One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is creating a new national office with a focus on environmental justice and civil rights. The Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil ...

Water vapor rises from one of three stacks of a power station that stand above a tree line in winter. Water vapor rises from the stacks of a coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio in December 2025.

As national leaders gathered in Glasgow a few weeks ago for the COP26 conference, there was a feeling of progress toward net-zero carbon emissions. President Joe Biden assured the global community ...

President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency threw down a gauntlet on climate this spring, pushing carmakers toward electric vehicles, cracking down on natural gas leaks and forcing power ...

The nonprofit, Environmental Defense Fund, announced it’s filing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency following last month’s decision to roll back the Obama-era endangerment finding.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it ...

Banner for the CT Environmental Rights Amendment on the steps of the Old State House Credit: Jan Ellen Sipegel / CT Mirror The Supreme Court has been undermining environmental regulations at the ...

The stated mission of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and the environment. Since its formation in 1970, EPA has had a leadership role in developing many fields ...

The Environment Protection Act, 1986 was enacted under Article 253 of the Indian Constitution, which empowers Parliament to make laws for implementing international agreements on the decisions made at ...