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Maryland suing EPA on power plant pollution in other states
In this June 12, 2017 file photo, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh speaks during a news conference in Washington. A spokeswoman for Frosh says the state is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Trump’s pick for EPA Safety Chief argued kids are less sensitive to toxins
(Michael Dourson, nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety programs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 14, 2017. Credit: Al Drago/The New...
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Courts thwart administration’s efforts to rescind Obama-era environmental...
Flaring is a technique oil and gas companies use to burn off leaking methane but is blamed for its contributions to climate change (Credit: Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press). WASHINGTON, DC — “The...
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“This was a hostile takeover”: How the war on the EPA was waged
WASHINGTON, DC — “With access to key players involved in the issue, War on the EPA tells the story of how combatting perceived federal overreach by the EPA became a popular conservative cause. It...
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“War on Coal” cartoons
A collection of editorial cartoons about the “War on Coal” from newspapers across the U.S.
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Why has the EPA shifted on toxic chemicals? An industry insider helps call...
WASHINGTON, DC — “For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has struggled to prevent an ingredient once used in stain-resistant carpets and nonstick pans from contaminating drinking water. The...
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Ohio town, solid for Trump, now frets over EPA slowdown
Roberta Pratt outside her home in East Liverpool, Ohio. She said she doesn’t have the money to move away from the nearby industrial facilities. Credit Andrew Spear for The New York Times EAST LIVERPOOL...
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Theodore Decker: EPA’s inaction stirs memories of Ohio’s polluted past
Oil and other industrial wastes caught fire on the Cuyahoga River on November 1, 1952. COLUMBUS — “It would be nice to think that an era in which rivers and eyeballs burned from pollution was firmly in...
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Banned from the banking industry for life, a Scott Pruitt friend finds a new...
Albert Kelly would become a senior adviser in the federal environmental agency despite having no previous experience with environmental issues. WASHINGTON, DC — “The Environmental Protection Agency has...
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Superfund work touted by Trump EPA was completed years ago
Graphic shows number of sites removed from EPA’s National Priorities List of contaminated sites since 2001. WASHINGTON, DC — “The Environmental Protection Agency is touting cleanups at seven of the...
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