Environmental Protection Agency

The former congressman has been tapped by Donald Trump to lead the EPA.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he continues to build out his future administration with loyal supporters.

New standards from the Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at protecting children from exposure to lead paint.

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes.

For the first time in roughly 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency used its emergency authority to halt the sale of pesticide DCPA, or Dacthal, that harms the development of unborn babies.

The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

The EPA also tightened rules aimed at reducing wastewater pollution from coal-fired power plants and preventing harm from toxic pits of coal ash, a waste byproduct of burning coal.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever limits for several common types of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a ban of chrysotile asbestos, the final allowable use of asbestos in the U.S.

The new rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United States.

It’s unclear how the plan will be funded, and if any costs could fall on utility consumers. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A new plan from President Joe Biden’s administration would require local water utilities across the country to remove all lead pipes within a decade. While environmental groups are celebrating the announcement, there are some loopholes in the proposal that could affect consumers.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed the strongest overhaul of lead in drinking water rules in more than three decades.

Efforts by the Biden administration to limit tailpipe pollution from automobiles face a crucial test as legal challenges brought by Republican-led states head to a federal appeals court.

The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health.

The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.

Over 50% of beaches in the United States had at least one day when fecal contamination reached unsafe levels to swim.

Many American cities have been excavating water mains, revealing lead pipes and leaving them there.