EPA

The Senate confirms a former lobbyist as EPA head, the U.S. is losing solar jobs, and fishy sightings intrigue scientists.

A new rule might open the door for regulation rollbacks on radiation and harmful chemicals.

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Harvard University's Theda Skocpol on grassroots organizing to a feature on a person-centered approach to elderly care far above the Arctic Circle.

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A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Anna Clark on the Flint water crisis to a look at how the Environmental Protection Agency will run under Andrew Wheeler.

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A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an introduction to new Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to a primer on California's upcoming fire season.

Two new analyses make clear the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense have downplayed the public-health threat posed by chemicals used to develop Teflon and Scotchgard.

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The longest-running civil rights case against the EPA has just come to a bittersweet end.

As scientists sort out the best way to capture and measure the harmful microfibers that now litter most of the world's freshwater, we have no choice but to keep drinking.

The agency has left immigrants and minorities to fend for themselves at toxic waste sites across the country.

La agencia ha dejado a los inmigrantes y las minorías a valerse por sí mismos en los sitios de desechos tóxicos en todo el país.

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Republican Michael Stoker will lead the Environmental Protection Agency office overseeing California and three other states, but he spent years as a spokesman for the most reckless company in the region.

By virtue of both income and ethnicity, new Americans have the odds stacked against them when it comes to finding a healthy place to live.

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With a Canadian company looking to mine gold, silver, and copper on ancestral lands, opponents worry about toxic water and the destruction of Menominee heritage.

A recent EPA survey takes into account extreme weather, but also social factors such as poverty, health, and governance.

A new rule-making process will start another lengthy battle over climate regulations.

The EPA begins the process to roll back a major Obama-era emissions rule, fulfilling one of Trump's main campaign promises.

The administration wants to eliminate 2015 regulations—a move that would disproportionately harm lower-income regions and neighborhoods.