Environmental Protection Agency

President-elect Joe Biden has begun to announce his cabinet choices, including former Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen as Secretary of Treasury. But he…

As the coronavirus pandemic hammers oil prices, the number of "orphaned" or abandoned oil wells could grow. A group wants to enlist newly unemployed…

Some of the nation's top polluters are now running on the honor system after the Environmental Protection Agency last week announced relaxed enforcement…

A new report shows that a majority of states, including three in the Mountain West, have cut funding for environmental agencies, at a time when the U.S....

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to roll back Obama-era rules governing how coal-fired power plants store and release toxic waste.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expanding the use of an insecticide that is toxic to bees. The move affects more than 17 million acres of farmland…

President Trump has pledged to nominate the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as it’s next permanent head, a move that some...

A Federal Judge in Seattle ruled that the EPA has to finalize a long-shelved plan to cool down water temperatures in the Columbia River Basin.Almost 20…

The Environmental Protection Agency is making $20 million available for states and tribes to voluntarily test drinking water for lead at schools and...

After years of courtroom battles, it’s official: farmers and ranchers won’t have to report emissions of animal waste.In 2007, the Environmental Protection…