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The EPA Removes Language About Climate Change From Its Latest Proposal on Greenhouse Gases

In a draft proposal rolling back Obama-era regulations on hydrofluorocarbons, the Trump administration scrapped all references to climate change and those most affected by it.

The Environmental Protection Agency Puts a Top Children’s Health Official on Leave

Researchers are worried that the EPA plans to reduce the Office of Children's Health Protection's influence, or shutter it altogether.

Methane emissions.

The Government Proposes Weakening Rules on Methane Emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to weaken Obama-era rules about leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

maryland coal stacks smoke

Environment

The EPA Publishes Its Proposed Replacement for the Clean Power Plan

The Environmental Protection Agency published on Tuesday a proposed rule to replace Obama-era proposed regulations on coal power plants.

Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Environment

A Federal Judge Reinstates the Clean Water Rule for 26 States

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's order delaying the Clean Water Rule.

Traffic fills the 110 freeway during rush hour in downtown Los Angeles, California.

Environment

California Regulators Move to Protect the State’s Fuel Efficiency Standards

The new plan would require automakers to comply with the state's more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules despite proposed rollbacks.

Cars drive over the Golden Gate Bridge on August 2nd, 2018, in Sausalito, California.

Environment

California Could Lose Its Fuel Efficiency Waiver. What Would That Mean for the Country?

Some state legislators seem to agree that California's standards are what's in the United States' best interest.

Environment

The Trump Administration Releases Its Plan to Roll Back Fuel Efficiency Standards

The plan would end efforts to make cars and trucks average more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025.

Drinking fountain

News in Brief

State Agencies Turn Up High Levels of Harmful Chemicals in a Michigan County’s Water

Tests have revealed that water in Parchment, Michigan, contains 20 times the federal health advisory for dangerous substances known as PFAS.

A pump jack sits on the outskirts of town in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21st, 2016 in the oil town of Midland, Texas.

Environment

‘There’s Nothing They Won’t Do for the Industry’: A Climate Expert Argues That EPA Bias Let Illegal Emissions Go Unpunished

An Environmental Protection Agency watchdog calls out Scott Pruitt's failure to penalize three Oklahoma-based oil and gas companies for polluting.