Politics

EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

Inclusion on the agency’s draft Contaminant Candidate List doesn’t require the EPA to monitor or set limits on microplastics in drinking water.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms

By Marianne Lavelle

Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall

By Martha Pskowski

Georgia’s New Public Service Commissioner Says She Will Put Affordability and Transparency First

By Ryan Krugman

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Talking the Talk on Data Center Regulations. But Will They Walk?

By Kyle Bagenstose

The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin

FEMA Skips National Hurricane Conference Amid DHS Shutdown

By Amy Green

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

By Katie Surma

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests

By Zoë Rom

Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

By Martha Pskowski

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

By Lee Hedgepeth

New York’s Governor Pushes to Delay a Key Portion of the State’s Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban

Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling

By Nicholas Kusnetz