EPA set deadline for states to flag counties with excess soot pollution. Gov. Abbott won't follow it
Now-buried draft recommendations from the TCEQ flagged pollution violations in Harris County, along with Dallas, Bowie and ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Administrator Lee Zeldin Outlines Agency Priorities
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on February 4th the federal agency’s priorities under the Trump Administration. Administrator Zeldin entitled ...
Workers at E.P.A.’s Office of Environmental Justice Are Told They May Be Put on Leave
President Trump is likely to close the office as he moves to eliminate programs on environmental justice, which aims to ...
Michigan environmental projects threatened as EPA job cuts create 'perfect storm'
EPA's Region 5 is headquartered in Chicago and includes Michigan and other Great Lakes states. Cuts to the EPA's Office of ...
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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Allentown, Pennsylvania Coil Coating Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC (“Vorteq”) entered into a January 22nd Consent ...
EPA funds still frozen despite agency memo, lawmakers’ pressure
The EPA's directive after a court ruling has still not yet unlocked all the funding mandated under the laws passed by ...
Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government
The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and remake the Justice ...
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Biden’s 11th-Hour Ethylene Oxide Decision Continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s Expansion Into Occupational Safety
On January 14, 2025, the Biden administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a last-minute “interim” decision in the ...