"You must end this campaign of lying to the public and coercing other agencies to assist you," Energy and Commerce Democrats said in a letter to EPA chief Lee Zeldin.
EPA attorneys are seeking review of a lower court ruling concerning the proper venue for litigation over Kentucky's smog control plan.
The EPA plan would dismantle a planned rule to strengthen safeguards at almost 12,000 chemical plants.
The Tennessee nonprofit that was awarded funding to reduce lead in low-income homes is now linked to the EPA attack on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
The EPA gave out $20 billion to environmental justice and green credit groups that had barely registered with the IRS.
The ruling could increase the workload of EPA and state permitting offices to enforce the Clean Water Act, at a time when the Trump administration is demanding deep budget cuts.
EDF Files Lawsuit to Get Records About EPA Administrator’s Recommendation to Reverse Endangerment Finding
EPA spokesperson Molly Vaseliou said in an email Monday that "the directory has consistently been a source of incorrect information."
It’s long past time for the entire West to admit it: Its war on climate, best symbolized by 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, has proved a disaster — wrecking economies and worsening lives with little impact on climate.
Workers describe projects on wildfire prevention, environmental restoration and trail repair halted by Trump administration terminations. The post How DOGE threatens the Forest Service and public lands appeared first on High Country News.
EPA alumni are launching a campaign to safeguard the agency, and some employees are "furious."
The EPA says crews have finished the first phase of hazardous household debris removal from the Palisades and Eaton fire zones, meeting the 30-day deadline set by the Trump administration.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called for a rewrite of the agency’s finding that determined planet-warming greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.
News Reports: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Wants to Strike Down EPA’s Endangerment Finding
The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.
[Liberian Observer] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its investigation into the deadly explosion at Sethi Ferro Fabrik's Oxygen Plant that led to the death of an employee.
Exclusive: The ‘deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramifications US officials have missed recent international climate forums sparking concerns about a potentially significant shift from Donald Trump’s first term, a review of meeting records and interviews with meeting attendees by the Centre for Climate Reporting and the Guardian show. On his first day back as president, Trump signed an executive order on stage in front of supporters at an arena in Washington DC which he said was aimed at quitting what he called the “unfair one-sided Paris climate accord rip off”. Trump’s exit from the Paris agreement means the US will join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries outside the international agreement adopted in 2015 to limit global warming. ...
Former federal employees devastated by president’s mass firings: ‘We’re at risk of losing our public lands to the billionaire agenda’ Approximately 2,300 people have been terminated from the agencies that manage the 35m acres (14m hectares) of federal public lands in the US. These are our lands. They encompass national parks and forests, wilderness and marine protected areas, scenic rivers. They are home to campgrounds, river accesses, hiking trails and myriad other sites and facilities that more than 500 million people visit each year. Continue reading...
[Liberian Investigator] Capitol Hill -- The Liberian Senate has summoned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministries of Mines & Energy and Internal Affairs to address the alarming water pollution caused by gold mining activities in Sinoe County. The pollution, allegedly driven by the operations of foreign nationals, has raised significant environmental and public health concerns.
It's the Trump administration's latest escalation against the climate fund created by the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act.
Demonstrators have protested against an expedited cleanup process that would involve using a beloved beach as a toxic waste sorting site This weekend, more than a hundred demonstrators protested against a new plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use a local beach as a toxic waste sorting site, to process debris from the Palisades fire. They waved signs saying “Save Our Beaches” and “Sort Toxics at the Burn Site” as they walked up and down the path along Will Rogers state beach in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, just outside Los Angeles . Their message? Wildfire debris isn’t just ash – it’s poison. “Asbestos, heavy metals, dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons will not remain contained,” a petition circulated by a local resident, Ashley Oelsen, says. “Toxic...
A $20 billion Biden administration green-energy slush fund was collecting interest at a private bank and is being distributed without proper oversight, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin reveals in an exclusive interview. President Joe Biden’s EPA parked $20 billion at the financial institution, which The Post has learned is Citibank, as part of the...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has identified where $20 billion of climate-related funds purposefully wasted by the Biden administration landed.
Learn about two studies that anticipate a fast-approaching breach of the Paris Agreement, as temperatures on Earth begin to trend toward 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels.
Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash Kiwi exporters who invest in complying with the EU’s carbon tax reporting will be at a competitive advantage, according to MFAT.
The Trump administration placed at least 160 Environmental Protection Agency employees on paid leave Thursday evening effective immediately.
by Sharon Lerner and Pratheek Rebala ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the face of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency and drive out its workers, more than 300 career employees have left their jobs since the election, according to a ProPublica analysis of personnel data. The numbers account for a relatively small share of the overall workforce at the EPA, but those who have departed include specialist civil...
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia has celebrated World Wetlands Day 2025 in Marshall City, Margibi County, under the theme "Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future." The event aimed to raise awareness about the critical role wetlands play in environmental conservation and economic activities such as fishing, farming, and tourism.
Request by the Environmental Protection Agency to process hazardous waste from the Palisades fire near Malibu City Hall faces protest.
Seasonal workers who are key to running national parks in the summer have had job offers rescinded.
Staff outside D.C. headquarters respond to funding freeze and other orders from the new administration. The post ‘They’ll have to drag me out before I go.’ EPA workers stand firm despite Trump chaos appeared first on High Country News.
The administration is moving at speed to fill out its roster of 10 EPA regional administrators.
The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
North Dakota sued the Interior Department at least five times under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency. The post Trump’s nominee for leading Interior attempted to rip up rules governing public lands appeared first on High Country News.
Photo by Kevin Luke on Unsplash President Donald Trump's move withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement has been greeted with criticism in Aotearoa, with experts and politicians voicing concern.
As U.S. President Donald Trump plans to pull out of international bodies and agreements, such as the World Health Organization and the Paris climate accord, China is capitalizing on the opportunity to fill a void left by the U.S. on the world stage, analysts say.
Amid a series of executive orders, President Trump warned of 100% tariffs on Brics nations if trade remains unbalanced, incorrectly mentioned Spain as a member. He also signed notable actions like withdrawing from the Paris Accord, ending birthright citizenship, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico, sparking legal and international challenges.
The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to levy a carbon tax of 200 baht per ton of carbon emissions as part of the country’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul.
China vowed on Tuesday to continue participating in two cornerstone multinational arrangements -- the World Health Organization and Paris climate accord -- after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump ordered withdrawals from them.
The United States would be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday announced the United States' intention to withdraw from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming as catastrophic weather events intensify worldwide.
Chrystia Freeland officially launched her Liberal Party leadership bid on Sunday, positioning herself as the best candidate to stand up to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
At a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, acknowledged climate change is “real” and that greenhouse gasses are making the planet hotter—but stopped short of saying the agency must regulate them. About 90 minutes into the hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public […]
The Vermont senator took a dig at President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Review could lead to bans on plastic chemicals including vinyl chloride, compound at center of 2023 Ohio train wreck The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a formal review of five highly toxic plastic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, the notorious compound at the center of the East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck fire . The move could lead to strong limits or bans on the substances. Vinyl chloride is most commonly used in PVC pipe and packaging production, but is also cancerous and highly flammable. For about 50 years, the federal government has considered limits on the substance, but industry has thwarted most regulatory efforts, hidden the substances’ risks and is already mobilizing against the new review. Continue reading...
The lawsuit targets EPA's removal of a legal shield for unpermitted pollution stemming from plant emergencies.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who says he’ll pursue “energy dominance” at the EPA, authored paid commentaries without disclosing who paid for them
Tracy Stone-Manning discusses the BLM’s achievements and talks about the future as we enter a new political era. The post Outgoing Bureau of Land Management director optimistic about public lands: ‘When we save nature, we save ourselves’ appeared first on High Country News.
In new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, leading researchers to propose action to protect kids Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research has linked to chemical exposures, findings that require urgent revamping of laws around the world, according to a new paper published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Authored by more than 20 leading public health researchers, including one from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and another from the United Nations, the paper lays out “a large body of evidence” linking multiple childhood diseases to synthetic chemicals and recommends a series of aggressive actions to try to better protect children. Continue reading...
by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A long-awaited report from the Environmental Protection Agency has found that formaldehyde presents an unreasonable risk to human health. But the report, released Thursday, downplayed the threat the chemical poses to people living near industrial plants that release large quantities of the carcinogen into the air. The health risk assessment was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that formaldehyde...
President-elect Trump, a Republican-dominated Congress and Utah launch an all-out assault on environmental protection. The post Our imperiled public lands appeared first on High Country News.
Prosecutions encompass a total of 102 alleged offences relating to 26 sites, including Rozelle parklands Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is prosecuting three companies and one individual in response to its investigation into Sydney’s asbestos in mulch scandal. The prosecutions encompass 102 alleged offences relating to 26 sites, including Rozelle parklands. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
EPA Administrator Michael Regan to Step Down at End of This Month
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead EPA lives in an area at high risk for flooding that gets federal support for climate mitigation.
STATEMENT: Biden Administration Announces 2035 Emissions Reduction Target, Setting North Star for Non-Federal Actors alison.cinnamo… Wed, 12/18/2024 - 17:29 WASHINGTON D.C. (December 19, 2024) – Today the U.S. government announced a new climate commitment under the Paris Agreement, known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC). The plan includes a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions 61 to 66% below 2005 levels by 2035. If President Trump follows through with his intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the United States would no longer be obligated to strive towards this new target. However, the NDC will serve as an important marker for non-federal actors and future U.S. administrations. The following is a statement from Debbie Weyl, WRI US...
STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Grants California Waiver to Set Strong Tailpipe Pollution Rules for Passenger Cars and Trucks darla.vanhoorn… Wed, 12/18/2024 - 11:19 Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted California the authority to enforce strong emissions rules for passenger cars and trucks. California established a rule to phase out new polluting passenger vehicle sales and sell 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Eleven states and Washington D.C. follow California’s light-duty zero-emission vehicles rule. Following is a statement from Dan Lashof, Senior Fellow, WRI United States: “Curbing tailpipe emissions that cause asthma and other harms is not just good policy...
EPA agreed to grant the state’s requests and permit similar proposals from other states, a step Trump has vowed to undo The Biden administration granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035 in a move that Donald Trump is expected to roll back immediately. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would grant California’s request for the waivers to allow the state to enforce the proposed rules, the agency announced on Wednesday. Continue reading...
by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter this week to issue a final report on the health risks of formaldehyde that is “science-based” and “as strong as possible,” adding that “the agency has an obligation to protect the public from the chemical.” Formaldehyde, used for everything from preserving dead bodies to binding wood products...
California policymakers and environmentalists view recent Supreme Court actions as a small victory for clean air, but worry about future legal challenges.
The justices will consider whether challengers can file lawsuits in other federal appeals courts over EPA rules that are not nationwide in scope.
The cuts are part of a plan to slash 65 percent of the agency’s spending, said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
Move comes even as Trump has tried to show that Musk’s cost-slashing agency doesn’t have the final say The US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has issued new guidance directing that spending items greater than $50,000 now require approval from Elon Musk ’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), even as Donald Trump began putting some distance between Musk’s reach and the power of government department heads – at least over job cuts. “Any assistance agreement, contract or interagency agreement transaction [valued at] $50,000 or greater must receive approval from an EPA DOGE team member,” the EPA guidance says, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. The EPA did not respond to a request from the news agency on Friday for comment. Continue reading...
The recently discovered slush fund that was parked at Citibank was last altered on Jan. 13 — a week before President Trump’s inauguration — and quickly doled out to a handful of far-left climate nonprofits with little oversight from the EPA, Zeldin said Thursday.
A coalition of nonprofits urged the EPA chief Tuesday to lift a freeze on money it got in August from a fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The Trump EPA wanted to reconsider its position in defense of the Biden administration rule.
EDF Files Lawsuit to Get Records on Vital EPA, State Clean Vehicle Safeguards
The president has backed RFK Jr.’s goal to clamp down on chemical exposures, but he has stocked EPA with industry-linked deregulatory champions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project late last year. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the challenge on February 19 in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals under the Clean Air Act. The advocacy group says the federal agency has prohibited […]
Some nonprofits are struggling to pay their employees as EPA tries to claw back the Inflation Reduction Act funding.
Lawmakers are escalating their protests following news EPA wants to undo a finding allowing the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Prices for carbon allowances are trading at $12.49 less per ton than at this time last year.
The president also said EPA has found "a lot of people that didn't exist" at the agency but did not elaborate.
President Donald Trump appears to welcome the EPA boss’ plan to cut most of the agency’s workforce.
Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.
The Liberal Party of Canada will soon choose a leader that will replace Justin Trudeau and become Canada's next prime minister.
National parks can require visitors to pay for admissions with credit or debit cards.
EPA has been silent about the frozen funds. Nonprofit grant recipients say the agency and bank have been mum about what's happening.
Scott Mason IV is the new administrator for the EPA region covering Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 Tribal Nations.
The agency said it has briefed the White House on the legality of abandoning a 2009 scientific finding that underpins all greenhouse gas rules.
The annual “Conservation in the West” poll also found that voters prefer conservation over energy development on public lands.
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, in collaboration with Novasphere, has launched a one-week geospatial training program aimed at enhancing forest monitoring capabilities.
The new EPA chief wants to claw back cash from a Biden administration green banking program. It could spur a court fight.
“Shockingly, roughly 20 billion of your tax dollars were parked at an outside financial institution by the Biden EPA,” Zeldin said. “This scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history, and it was purposefully designed to obligate all of the money in a rush job with reduced oversight.”
Current and former EPA staff say millions of Americans could lose access to clean air and water.
This change may be part of the EU’s upcoming “omnibus” legislation, which is designed to slash reporting rules for businesses.
New EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s pillars pledge to help auto industry and have no mention of the climate crisis A new and starkly different vision for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been outlined by the Trump administration – one that involves mass staff cuts, an influx of industry lobbyists and, unusually, the promotion of artificial intelligence as a key agency priority. A set of five “pillars” issued by new EPA administrator Lee Zeldin to guide the agency, set up under Richard Nixon in 1970 to protect US public health and the environment, does include one referencing “clean land, air and water for every American”. Continue reading...
Guardian review of new political appointees also finds president is largely reappointing officials from his first term Donald Trump is stacking his proposed Environmental Protection Agency leadership with former industry lobbyists, executives, and attorneys who have spent their careers attacking protections covering everything from water quality to greenhouse gas emissions to toxic chemicals. A Guardian review of new political appointees also finds the president is largely reappointing officials from his first term. Since 2016, while working at the EPA or for industry, environmental campaigners say these veterans have led efforts to shred Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, kneecap drinking water limits for toxic PFAS, ram through new chemicals without proper review, undo an asbestos ban, or...
The Interior secretary on his first day on the job signed orders to increase energy production, review Biden administration moves on public lands and slash regulation.
Thailand is set to implement a carbon tax this month as part of its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote environmental sustainability.
Toxic chemicals from L.A.'s fires are going under-reported and pose serious long-term risks, a group of lawmakers say. They want the EPA to create a task force.
Stan Meiburg, who served 39 years at EPA, led the university’s sustainability center for more than two years.
The proposal stemmed from a court ruling requiring the Forest Service to get permission from EPA to drop fire suppressants around waterways.
Research provides more evidence that food is a potentially overlooked exposure route to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ Produce grown in home gardens around a North Carolina PFAS plant contain dangerous levels of the chemicals, new research has found, providing more evidence that food is a potentially overlooked exposure route to the compounds, especially when grown near polluters. The study’s authors say findings point to much of the contamination resulting from air emissions, which research increasingly suggests is an underestimated source of PFAS pollution. Continue reading...
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has called on the United States of America to take its commitments under international law seriously, and carefully consider the ramifications of its intended withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
The biggest impact on global emissions will be from the new president’s deregulatory agenda.
On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed a series of measures to remove the United States from the Paris Agreement as part of 200 executive orders.
The Trump Administration withdraws the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, a major disservice to the American people, to the economy, and U.S. credibility.
A new map has revealed that up to 25 percent of Americans live in areas where radon levels are considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Are YOU in the danger zone?
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday announced the United States' intention to withdraw from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming as catastrophic weather events intensify worldwide.
Donald Trump has tapped former Republican Representative Lee Zeldin to head the US's Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, is expected to undo dozens of environmental regulations.
Former Trump EPA officials and ex-staffers to Lee Zeldin are now listed in the agency’s staff directory as political appointees.
The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land. The post EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation appeared first on High Country News.
Air Resources Board withdraws request for approval of rules to limit pollution from diesel trains and big rigs California ’s efforts to limit pollution from diesel-powered trains and big rigs were stalled in anticipation of pushback from the incoming Trump administration . The California Air Resources Board said on Tuesday it withdrew its requests for federal approval to implement stricter emissions rules for locomotives and semi-trucks because the US Environmental Protection Agency had yet to approve them. The decision came just days before Joe Biden leaves office. Continue reading...
In a study published Tuesday, the EPA acknowledged that sludge containing PFAS could present a danger to human health.
Environmental Protection Agency officials warn of toxic PFAS found in sewage often spread on pasture Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from those farms, in some cases raising cancer risk “several orders of magnitude” above what the Environmental Protection Agency considers acceptable, federal officials announced on Tuesday. When cities and towns treat sewage, they separate the liquids from the solids and treat the liquid. The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields. The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot effectively remove. When people eat or drink foods containing these “forever”...
[New Dawn] Two Liberian public health institutions - the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia have signed Lead Paint Regulations to reduce exposure by limiting lead content in residential and decorative paints.
[Liberian Observer] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) have signed the Lead Paint Regulations--the collaboration aimed at raising awareness of the chemical's dangers and monitoring manufacturers' compliance.
President Joe Biden has signed the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences, or EXPLORE Act, into law to provide more access to national parks by expanding bike trails and sanctioning climbing anchors.
As cities across India witnessed stunning sunrises on Tuesday, the skies boasted vibrant hues of orange, pink, and gold. Meanwhile, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) cautioned that 2025 is likely to be among the three warmest years on record, continuing the trend of increasing greenhouse gas levels and rising temperatures observed in previous years.
Evaluation could lead to limits or bans on substances commonly used in the production of plastic and rubber The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a formal review of five highly toxic plastic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, the notorious compound at the center of the East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck fire . The move could lead to strong limits or bans on the substances. Continue reading...
States would have until 2031 to come up with new pollution-cutting plans geared toward improving visibility at national parks and wilderness areas.
The recommendations for PFAS in rivers, streams and lakes could be used to crack down on polluters, though the Trump administration is not expected to do so.
PHOTO: MfE New Zealand has submitted its first report to the UN on how the country is tracking towards its international climate target to 2030 under the Paris Agreement.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions.
EPA Clears Way for California Clean Car Standards
Under the Clean Air Act, California can adopt more stringent vehicle emission requirements than the federal government, but must obtain a waiver from the EPA.
The Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday granted California two waivers allowing the state to implement a ban on gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
The petition calls on EPA to mandate pesticide testing for bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and moths and to codify pesticide impact tests.
Disproportionate placement of devices leaves communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants The Environmental Protection Agency ’s air quality monitors are disproportionately positioned in whiter neighborhoods in the US, leaving communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants like particulate matter, ozone, nitrous dioxide and lead, among others, new research finds. Policy and actions the EPA takes to reduce pollution are developed from the monitors’ readings, and communities of color are broadly more likely to be near major polluters. The findings raise questions about whether the agency has enough monitors installed, is properly placing them, and whether conclusions about the safety of the air in some areas are sound. Continue reading...