Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency could force American power plants to capture smokestack emissions using technology that isn’t in widespread use. If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions.

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered states to stop blocking contaminated waste from a fiery train derailment in Ohio from being sent to hazardous waste storage sites around the nation.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable.

Environmental waste sites from three states have been tasked with taking the hazardous waste from the area and disposing it through a process called deep well injection.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan pledged to continue support for East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment and toxic spill there.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured a new clinic in East Palestine, Ohio, on Tuesday, weeks after a train crash that forced residents from their homes.

The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to visit a West Virginia county where some residents recently got access to clean water after years of having to boil it before drinking. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will speak with community members in McDowell County about drinking water and wastewater inequity. Regan’s “Journey to Justice” tour focuses on historically...

The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet.

A look at how the court ruling could impact efforts to slow global warming and other regulatory actions, from education to transportation and food.

The Supreme Court’s new climate change ruling is likely to hinder the Biden administration’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and make the electric grid carbon-free by 2035.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products that kills thousands of Americans every year

A biotech firm this week got the green light from U.S. regulators to release over 2 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and California as part of an expanded effort to combat transmission of diseases like Zika, dengue fever and canine heartworm.

The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles.

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states