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
EPA Announces $27 Billion Effort to Curb Emissions and Stem Environmental Injustices. Advocates Say It’s a Good Start By Aman Azhar
After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska By Max Graham
Texas Environmentalists Look to EPA for Action on Methane, Saying State Agencies Have ‘Failed Us’ By Martha Pskowski
The EPA Is Helping School Districts Purchase Clean-Energy School Buses, But Some Districts Have Been Blocked From Participating By Christina van Waasbergen
Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics By James Bruggers
As EPA’s Region 3 Administrator, Adam Ortiz Wants the Mid-Atlantic States to Become Climate-Conscious and Resilient By Aman Azhar
New EPA Proposal to Augment Methane Regulations Would Help Achieve an 87% Reduction From the Oil and Gas Industry by 2030 By Phil McKenna
The Fate of Protected Wetlands Are At Stake in the Supreme Court’s First Case of the Term By Aman Azhar
Duke Energy Is Leaking a Potent Climate-Warming Gas at More Than Five Times the Rate of Other Utilities By Phil McKenna
After It Narrowed the EPA’s Authority, Talks of Expanding the Supreme Court Garner New Support By Samantha Hurley
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
Why Won’t the Environmental Protection Agency Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers? By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main
Biden’s Pick for the EPA’s Top Air Pollution Job Finds Himself Caught in the Crossfire By Marianne Lavelle
Activists Laud Biden’s New Environmental Justice Appointee, But Concerns Linger Over Equity and Funding By Kristoffer Tigue