EPA to eliminate limits on climate pollution from power plants
The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, sources said.
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The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, sources said.
The Trump administration is facing a new lawsuit over its decision to deregulate emissions and repeal a landmark scientific finding on climate pollution.
The Trump administration says greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants will no longer be regulated by the federal government.
The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps to clean up the longstanding problem of Tijuana River sewage pouring across the border and polluting California beaches, officials say.
The EPA's Office of Research and Development has more than 1,500 employees, including scientists and researchers, dispersed across the U.S.
Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in 1970.
Two-thirds of Americans support a transition to clean energy by 2050, and 3 out of 4 support regulating carbon emissions, according to a long-running Yale study. These maps show the results.
A judge has allowed the firings to move forward.
An executive order signed by President Trump in late January called for the EPA to expedite its removal of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles area wildfire zones.
"It's bad. I've been with the agency for over 33 years and I've never seen anything like this," said Marie Owens-Powell, president of the union that represents more than 8,500 EPA employees.
Oil and natural gas companies will have to pay a federal fee if they emit methane above certain levels under a rule being finalized by the Biden administration that incoming Trump officials are likely to reverse.
The fire department says as they contained the plant fire Monday, foam retardant entered storm drains and nearby creeks.
The U.S. Geological Survey tested tap water from 716 locations nationwide over five years.
An EPA official said that the agency has conducted 578 home re-entry screenings and is continuing air monitoring from 15 stations within the community.
The EPA announced that a former Texas metal plating shop is being deleted from a list of the most contaminated Superfund sites in the country after finding that it is safe for use.
The court "took a sledgehammer to one of EPA's most important tools," one climate advocate said.
It's the Biden administration's latest attempt to bring gas prices down for Americans.
