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How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says

The Feb. 3 derailment, spill and conflagration has focused attention on the key ingredient in PVC, a long fought-over plastic with a variety of health and safety concerns throughout its lifecycle.

By James Bruggers

Officials continue to conduct operation and inspect the area after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
EPA region six administrator Earthea Nance (left) and Liveable Arlington founder Ranjana Bhandari overlook and discuss a drilling site from a motel balcony in Arlington. Credit: Dylan Baddour

EPA Officials Visit Texas’ Barnett Shale, Ground Zero of the Fracking Boom

By Dylan Baddour

EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Credit: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images

EPA Announces $27 Billion Effort to Curb Emissions and Stem Environmental Injustices. Advocates Say It’s a Good Start

By Aman Azhar

An employee of Northern Dynasty Mines Inc. mans a drilling rig in the Pebble Mine East site near the village of Iliamna, Alaska. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska

By Max Graham

A flare stack is pictured next to pump jacks and other oil and gas infrastructure on April 24, 2020 near Odessa, Texas. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

Texas Environmentalists Look to EPA for Action on Methane, Saying State Agencies Have ‘Failed Us’

By Martha Pskowski

Air pollution in the U.S. Credit: plus49/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution

By Victoria St. Martin

Los Angeles Unified School District Sup. Austin Beutner, school board member Mónica García and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla drive to a news conference in Los Angeles on LAUSD's electric school bus to discuss transitioning America's school bus fleet to electric school buses on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Credit: Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG

The EPA Is Helping School Districts Purchase Clean-Energy School Buses, But Some Districts Have Been Blocked From Participating

By Christina van Waasbergen

Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, holds plastic pellets in his hand the company's new chemical recycling plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. The pellets are made from plastic waste and sent into chemical processing equipment to make diesel fuel, naphtha, and wax. Credit: James Bruggers

Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics

By James Bruggers

The Edmonston pumping station, which Adam Ortiz upgraded with $6 million in funding from Prince George's County, which substantially enhanced its capacity to drain floodwaters and is a lasting solution to Edmonston's flooding problem. Credit: Aman Azhar

As EPA’s Region 3 Administrator, Adam Ortiz Wants the Mid-Atlantic States to Become Climate-Conscious and Resilient

By Aman Azhar

A methane flare at an oil refinery. Credit: H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images

New EPA Proposal to Augment Methane Regulations Would Help Achieve an 87% Reduction From the Oil and Gas Industry by 2030

By Phil McKenna

Activists attend a rally to call for protection of the Clean Water Act outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as it begins a new term on Monday, October 3, 2022. The court was hearing arguments in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

The Fate of Protected Wetlands Are At Stake in the Supreme Court’s First Case of the Term

By Aman Azhar

A thermal image of SF6-containing electrical equipment at a Duke Energy substation. The image does not show any leaks. Credit: Phil McKenna

Duke Energy Is Leaking a Potent Climate-Warming Gas at More Than Five Times the Rate of Other Utilities

By Phil McKenna

A thermal image of SF6-containing electrical equipment at a Duke Energy substation. The image does not show any leaks. Credit: Phil McKenna

How a Successful EPA Effort to Reduce Climate-Warming ‘Immortal’ Chemicals Stalled

By Phil McKenna

Protesters assemble around a giant constitution on June 30 outside of the Supreme Court at a protest held by the Climate Action Campaign. Credit: Samantha Hurley

After It Narrowed the EPA’s Authority, Talks of Expanding the Supreme Court Garner New Support

By Samantha Hurley

The Guardian or Authority of Law, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling: A Loss of Authority for Federal Agencies or a Lesson for Conservatives in ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’?

By Marianne Lavelle

An oil drilling rig is pictured on April 24, 2020 near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

Why Won’t the Environmental Protection Agency Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers?

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

Joseph Goffman faces questioning from Senators during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Credit: Senate Environment & Public Works Committee

Biden’s Pick for the EPA’s Top Air Pollution Job Finds Himself Caught in the Crossfire

By Marianne Lavelle

A gas flare in a Total oil refining plant is seen near Port Arthur, Texas on Aug. 28, 2020. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Activists Laud Biden’s New Environmental Justice Appointee, But Concerns Linger Over Equity and Funding

By Kristoffer Tigue

Robert Taylor, executive director of the Concerned Citizens of St. John (right) speaks with EPA Administrator Michael Regan as he meets with members of the Concerned Citizens of St. John during his “Journey to Justice” tour. Photo courtesy of the EPA

EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

By Victoria St. Martin

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