The Environmental Protection Agency says the sprawling tax and policy bill should give it a victory in its fight to freeze ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put 139 employees on leave July 3 for signing a scathing letter contending the core ...

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi said his agency needs to return to its original ...

A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees on Monday published a declaration of dissent from the agency’s policies ...

EPA will weaken rule curbing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water The Environmental Protection Agency said it will reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been linked ...

The Trump EPA said it would keep the PFOA and PFOS drinking water limits but give utilities until 2031 to comply with them, instead of 2029. The rules for the other four compounds will be scrapped ...

The EPA had been monitoring stricter lead-level standards in Flint's drinking water since 2016. The order, put in place after the Flint water crisis, was lifted after federal officials said the ...

What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means Vials containing PFAS samples sit in a tray, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in ...

The Safe Water Drinking Act gives the EPA authority to limit water contaminants, and it includes a provision meant to prevent new rules from being looser than previous ones.

The latest court order, on May 14, directs the EPA to file motions by June 4. State drinking-water systems welcome the EPA’s plan to extend the compliance date for PFOA and PFOS.

The EPA has announced a rollback of Biden-era regulations on so-called forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, in drinking water systems across the country. Our John Yang has more.

Drinking water utilities have also sued over the Biden-era limits, arguing the cost of system upgrades to comply with it would be almost twice the $1.5 billion annual cost EPA estimated and would ...