The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressed preliminary support on Thursday for the end of New Hampshire’s vehicle inspection and emissions testing program, which ceased early this year. The agency shared two proposals on Thursday. One would grant New Hampshire’s petition to withdraw from the Ozone Transport Region, a regional air pollution organization; another would remove […]
The Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency and the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality asked a federal judge Friday to approve a settlement that would require an Ashdown paper mill to pay $1.5 million for air pollution violations. The kraft paper mill, which first opened in 1968, has produced “fluff pulp”, which is used in […]
A South Carolina federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund hundreds of environmental justice grants it illegally canceled last year, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal funding rescinded from the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada. Last month, a federal court found that the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to terminate the […]
BUTTE, Mont. -- At Montana Tech's Library Auditorium on Tuesday evening, regional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leadership opened the floor to the Butte public to share thoughts on the recently updated proposal for Superfund soil cleanup. And though some changes are seen favorably, there are still many concerns that residents want to see addressed before the plan is finalized.
BUTTE, Mont. -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially proposed a new threshold for lead contamination in soil and attic dust to trigger remediation efforts, making much more of Butte eligible for that cleanup in the process.
Looking to reorient U.S. energy policy toward fossil fuels and nuclear plants, President Trump has access to an enormous sum of money made available by an unlikely source: the Biden administration and congressional Democrats.
