Environmental Protection Agency

• U.S. bread, donut makers say biofuel requirements could increase cost of certain foods

  The EPA administers the nation's biofuels laws.

  World

  Aug 3, 2021
  
• What happened to the environment with 3.5 years of Trump in office

  In late August, U.S. President Donald Trump rolled back one of the last major environmental regulations made under the Obama administration.

  Environment

  Oct 20, 2020
  
• Advertisement
• U.S. EPA promises less focus on climate change, more cleanups in 2nd Trump term

  Andrew Wheeler said the agency was moving back toward an approach that had long promoted economic growth as well as a healthy environment and drawn bipartisan support.

  Environment

  Sep 3, 2020
• Advertisement
• First-ever U.S. emissions standards for commercial aircraft to be proposed: sources

  The Environmental Protection Agency-proposed regulation, set to be announced Wednesday, would align the United States with global standards, officials said.

  Environment

  Jul 22, 2020
• ‘People are flushing 10 times’: Trump targets toilets, faucets for water issues

  The fixtures "end up using more water," Trump told a roundtable on Friday.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2019
• U.S. looks to repeal regulations on methane leaks from oil and gas facilities

  The step would be the latest in a series easing the previous administration’s emissions controls on the oil, gas and coal industries.

  Politics

  Aug 29, 2019
• Trump EPA guts rule requiring coal-fired power plants to curb emissions

  Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, signed a weaker replacement rule on Wednesday.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2019
• ‘Clean’ coal is a dirty polluter despite claims it’s eco-friendly, data analysis shows

  Refined coal shows few signs of reducing harmful emissions as U.S. lawmakers intended, a Reuters analysis of EPA data and regulatory documents shows.

  Environment

  Dec 3, 2018
• Advertisement
• Trump’s acting EPA chief ‘liked’ a racist photo of the Obamas on Facebook: report

  The acting head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reportedly liked a controversial Facebook photo five years ago of then-President Barack Obama that a civil rights group called racist.

  World

  Oct 9, 2018
• Advertisement
• EPA to push outlier theory that a little radiation is healthy

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to roll back the existing 'no tolerance' rule toward radiation, despite over two dozen studies that say even a little bit of exposure is risky.

  Science

  Oct 2, 2018