A Fort Smith chemical plant that spilled thousands of gallons of highly acidic chemicals last spring lacked a permit to operate and had not disclosed to Arkansas authorities it was handling hazardous chemicals, according to state agencies and public records obtained by the Advocate. The spill killed thousands of fish in nearby waterways, crossed state […]
Federal agencies warned that cyber attacks targeting municipal water systems were reported in seven states this week.
A federal judge ruled that EPA's termination of grants funding projects like a community hub in Butte was illegal. The ruling does not necessarily mean the hub will be built.
The state has begun the first step toward primary enforcement authority for the wells, which are currently overseen by the EPA.
Crews contracted by the EPA will this week start cleaning up another round of yards in East Helena contaminated by lead from the former smelter, the agency announced Monday.
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justice grants it illegally canceled last year, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal funding rescinded from the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada.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 […]
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was never intended to stop America from building. Enacted in 1970, NEPA was designed to ensure federal agencies carefully consider environmental impacts and make informed decisions. Not to create endless delays, empower litigation, or prevent America from delivering the infrastructure communities depend on.
West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is leading a 23-state coalition in a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging it to delay and eventually repeal excessively strict “Tier 4” vehicle emission standards.
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals that allowed state-law liability claims against Monsanto for failing to include a cancer warning on the label of its Roundup herbicide, ruling that federal pesticide-labeling requirements preempt the state-law claim at issue.
The Supreme Court's decision could have wide-ranging implications for thousands of other lawsuits brought against Monsanto, now owned by the Bayer corporation.
