U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Landmark Supreme Court ruling in Chevron case could curb environmental protections in California

Photo: A drone view of the Chevron Richmond Refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area…

5 months ago

EPA releases information that states and Tribes can use to protect local fish from toxic tire chemicals

From the US EPA: Today, June 10 [2024], the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published water quality screening values under the…

5 months ago

The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them

Credit: Illustration by Micha Huigen, special to ProPublica The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause cancer,…

1 year ago

Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US

Andrea Amico (center) joined with Michelle Dalton (left) and Alayna Davis to form a community group seeking tests of those…

4 years ago

E.P.A. Opts Against Limits on Water Contaminant Tied to Fetal Damage

Photo: Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in March. Credit... Drew Angerer/Getty Images A new…

5 years ago