The state's largest business lobbying group and an Oconomowoc leather-cleaning business are suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over the agency's enforcement of hazardous chemical cleanup.
The plan has the support of several industry groups, notably taconite mining, and some Minnesota cities. Many environmental groups and several tribal governments are lined up against it.
Gov. Tony Evers put items into his biennial budget addresses to further address contamination by PFAS and other "forever chemicals" in Wisconsin's water supplies.
A January report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor said the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality must strengthen its monitoring of air quality regulations and enforce them in a timelier manner, as Louisiana still has the highest toxic air emissions per square mile of any state.
EPA administrator nominee Michael Regan yesterday appeared to somewhat ease Republican anxiety over the fate of President Trump's controversial rule that rolled back federal protections for streams and wetlands by vowing to listen to farmers at the center of the fight.
Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no US president has done before—by mobilizing his entire administration to take on the challenge from every angle in a strategic, integrated way.
New rules to curb global warming pollution from power plants, smaller commercial and industrial boilers, and to shift New Jersey's medium- and heavy-duty truck market from fossil fuels to zero-emission vehicles are being drafted by the state.
The EPA under the Trump administration largely abandoned its clean-air responsibilities; we hope the incoming Biden administration will recognize how much Southern California needs an ally in the effort to shift to a zero-emissions future.
In the four years since the U.S. federal government last paid serious attention to climate change, the problem has become a top priority across states and corporations.
Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn't work. In US fracking communities, the industry's pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems.
"I was a total cheerleader for this industry at the beginning. Now I just want to make sure no one else makes the same mistake I did. It has ruined my life."
EHN.org scientific investigation finds western Pennsylvania families near fracking are exposed to harmful chemicals, and regulations fail to protect communities' mental, physical, and social health.
"Once they had the results of our study [families] felt like they had proof that these chemicals are in their air, their water, and making their way into their bodies."
