EPA

Los Angeles used to be one of the most polluted cities on the planet. After decades of improvements, pollution levels are ticking up again.

The Trump administration pointed at China, Indonesia, and others as the main source of trash in our oceans, but the U.S. and other wealthy nations contribute to the problem.

The Trump administration says the Department of Defense isn't to blame for a toxic firefighting foam the military helped pioneer in the 1960s.

President Trump mentioned clean air, emissions, and the Green New Deal, but failed to bring up climate change at his environmental event Monday.

The Trump administration's replacement for Obama's signature climate rule is meant to be a lifeline for the nation's coal-fired power plants, but it may be too late.

It could be years before farmers see any gains from the rollback of E15 restrictions—or before oil interests and environmental groups see any losses.

PFAS in water are already regulated. Environmental advocates think it's time for food to be regulated too.

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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