Backlog of toxic Superfund clean-ups grows under Trump
The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of...
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EPA moves to revoke rules on oil industry methane leaks
The Trump administration moved Thursday to revoke regulations on methane leaks from oil facilities, a proposal environmental advocates said would renounce key federal authority to regulate the climate-damaging gas.
Conservative lawyer in favor of selling public lands picked to oversee BLM
A conservative lawyer and writer who argues for selling off the nation's public lands is now in charge of a nearly quarter-billion acres in federally held rangeland and other wilderness.
Gov. Polis, 22 other governors join California in opposing Trump mileage standards
Citing climate-damaging tailpipe emissions, 23 U.S. governors signed a pledge backing California leaders in their showdown with the Trump administration over its plans to relax vehicle mileage standards .
Trump’s EPA close to gutting Obama rule on coal power plants
The Trump administration is close to completing one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark Obama-era effort that sought to wean the nation's electrical grid off coal-fired...
FDA finds contamination by “forever chemicals” in grocery store meats, seafood and chocolate cake
The Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found substantial levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and...
EPA shifting more environmental enforcement to states
The Environmental Protection Agency under Donald Trump is delegating a widening range of public health and environmental enforcement to states, saying local officials know best how to deal with local...
Watchdog probes new interior secretary, Colorado native David Bernhardt
The Interior Department抖阴ap internal investigators have begun probing allegations of conflicts of interest involving Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, they confirmed Monday, just four days after the Senate confirmed the former...
Senate Democrats grill Interior Department pick on past lobbying work
The former oil and gas lobbyist nominated to head the Interior Department declined on Thursday to commit to recusing himself from future regulatory decisions involving past clients, telling senators "you...
High costs slowing action on “forever chemicals” in water, lawmakers say
Cleaning up and protecting U.S. drinking water from a class of toxic chemicals used in many household items could cost in the tens of billions of dollars nationally, including $2...