Maui Mayor Michael Victorino said on October 18 that he will not settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit that holds national implications for water pollution permitting.
Millions of fluorescent light ballasts containing PCBs probably remain in schools and day care centers across the U.S. four decades after the chemicals were banned over concerns that they could cause cancer and other illnesses.
Staff members in the regional office said they had no advance knowledge of a wide-ranging agency complaint against the state and described the process as highly unusual.
Partially inspired by the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule to reduce exposure to lead from drinking water around the country on Thursday.
The Environmental Protection Agency will announce new standards for lead in drinking water, Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a radio interview Wednesday.
California’s top clean-air official fired back against Trump administration charges that the state hasn’t done enough to fight pollution within its borders, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should “do its job.”
Dozens of residents and activists attended listening sessions the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency held regarding coal ash pollution in Will County.
Study finds decreasing lead in topsoil coincides with reductions in children's blood levels, which suggests playing around the dirt may be an important source of the toxic for children
