EPA suspends environmental law enforcement
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that, in accordance with the wishes of the Trump administration,...
Autonomous Draper Drone to detect microplastics in the water
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat...
EPA backs the use of toxic herbicide chemical glyphosate
The toxic chemical glyphosate, a common herbicide, has been found to be a threat to public health and a recognized...
Andrew Wheeler confirmed as new EPA administrator
Andrew Wheeler is taking over the reigns as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....
EPA criminal enforcement crumbling under Trump
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) criminal enforcement numbers have take a major hit over the past...
Flint representative’s staff barred from attending EPA chemical summit
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been trying to keep certain people out of a toxic chemical summit,...
18 states sue the Trump administration to defend clean car rules
California is leading a coalition of 18 states to sue Donald Trump's administration. The states represent around...
The EPA wants to limit what science can be used to create regulations
Just weeks after this year's March for Science, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt...
How Earth Day began and how it helps the planet
Earth Day is April 22nd, and to get prepared for the big day, here are a few Earth Day facts that you may not know....
Leaked memo shows that EPA staffers were told to downplay the reliability of climate science
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees received talking points that appear to fit right in with Administrator...
Trump budget proposes huge cut to EPA and climate research
The Trump Administration released its fiscal 2019 budget proposal on February 12, revealing plans to deeply cut...
Scott Pruitt thinks global warming could be favorable for humans
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt has once again aired thoughts that depart from...
EPA ends clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel companies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a key Clean Air Act provision. They're reversing the...
Renewables keep booming despite Trump administration’s attempts to axe Obama’s Clean Power Plan
It appears wind power and solar power are here to stay, even as President Donald Trump's administration works to...
EPA cancels plan to clean up polluting Texas coal plants
Big Brown, a coal-fired Texas power plant, spews out sulfur dioxide at rates as much as 50 times higher than coal...
Federal court stunts EPA plans to suspend methane emissions rule
President Donald Trump in February instructed cabinet members "to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed...
Pruitt met with Dow Chemical CEO before denying pesticide ban
If anyone is still hoping the Donald Trump administration will put the environment before industries, new reports...
Cities rebel against Trump by posting climate data his EPA took down
Two months ago the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump took down climate change...
Trump budget proposes 31% cut to EPA funding
President Donald Trump is still trying to take a swing at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The White...
Trump saved a toxic pesticide – and then it poisoned a bunch of farmworkers
If President Donald Trump is waging a war on local farmworkers in California, he's winning. His Environmental Protection...
EPA dismisses 5 members of major scientific review board
In addition to its goal to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the end of 2018, the Trump Administration...
Trump is switching off the EPA’s invaluable public data service
President Donald Trump's war on science and the environment continues as his administration is set to switch off...
Crazy Texas tire fire demonstrates why America needs the EPA
100,000 tires caught fire in arid Odessa, Texas earlier this month. The blaze was too much for local volunteer...
17 states challenge Trump’s climate policy in court
17 American states are pushing back after President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the environment last...
Trump’s EPA chief lifts ban on pesticide that poisons children
As part of the Trump administration’s current war to overthrow Obama-era environmental regulations, this week,...
EPA official accused of killing investigation into Monsanto weedkiller
An EPA official who was in charge of evaluating the cancer risk of Monsanto’s popular Roundup weedkiller has...
Trump team claims funding climate change is “a waste of your money”
Predictions that the environment wouldn't fare well under Donald Trump are already coming true. His budget proposal...
Republican senator claims the EPA is brainwashing children
Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma claimed Thursday on CNN that the Environmental Protection Agency is “brainwashing”...
Trump begins process of rolling back Obama-era clean water rule
As part of his ongoing campaign to repeal and undermine many of Barack Obama’s environmental accomplishments,...
Scott Pruitt attacks critics and EPA employees in first speech
In this first address to the staff of the Environmental Protection Agency, newly-appointed chief Scott Pruitt didn’t...