Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Finalizes Rules To Protect Rivers, Streams From Pollution

12:31pm May 28, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The regulations are intended to clarify recent court decisions on which bodies of water are protected, but many farmers and congressional Republicans oppose what they call an EPA "land grab."

Steam from a coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the sun near St. Marys, Kan. Industry groups say there should be a far more aggressive consideration of costs of regulation than the Obama administration took into account.

Obama Administration Emissions Rules Face Supreme Court Test

7:20pm March 25, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

The rules are aimed at limiting the amount of hazardous pollutants coming from coal- and oil-fired utility plants. They're being challenged by industry groups and more than 20 states.

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Melissa Downer and her family moved to Camp Minden, La., 11 years ago and live on three acres. The mother of three young daughters says they'll move if the M6 is burned in the open air.

EPA Push For Massive Munitions Burn Ignites Opposition In Louisiana

8:17pm February 06, 2015

by Kate Archer Kent

Bayou State residents are upset about the health risks of EPA's plan, while government leaders are running against the clock to dispose of the unsafe and deteriorating artillery propellant.

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Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont., in September. New EPA guidelines treat toxic coal ash from such plants much the same as common household garbage.

New EPA Standards Label Toxic Coal Ash Nonhazardous

11:58am December 22, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Environmental groups had sought to have coal ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, regulated as hazardous waste.

Workers with the Pebble Mine project test-drill in July 2007 in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma.

Advocacy Groups Tell Lawmakers To Back Off

4:00pm December 19, 2014

by Peter Overby

Three groups from across ideological lines say a congressional investigation into ties between the EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council seems intended to intimidate.

Corn farmer Jerry McCulley sprays the weedkiller glyphosate across his cornfield in Auburn, Ill., in 2010. An increasing number of weeds have now evolved resistance to the chemical.

New GMOs Get A Regulatory Green Light, With A Hint Of Yellow

7:01pm October 15, 2014

by Dan Charles

Farmers will be able to plant types of corn and soybeans that can tolerate doses of two weedkillers. It may be one of the most significant developments the world of weedkilling in more than a decade.