Articles Tagged with ''EPA''

The EPA's recent actions reaffirm its regulatory commitment to managing PFAS contamination, particularly PFOA and PFOS, while also acknowledging the legal and economic complexities surrounding cleanup liability.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a high-stakes legal dispute over the cancellation of more than $20 billion in climate-related grants awarded under the Inflation Reduction Act

More than 21,000 industrial facilities submitted data to the TRI Program for 2023.

The Transboundary Watershed Grant Program is led jointly by EPA’s Office of International and Tribal Affairs, Region 8, and Region 10 offices.

The rule may help move cleanup crews in faster — but it also reopens the debate about how much environmental oversight is too much during a crisis

Because EPA did not follow the procedures when it finalized the rule governing the four hazard index chemicals, the petitioners expect EPA will “redo the regulatory process for those four hazard index chemicals, and our hope is that those will be separated from the case and will not be adjudicated.”

It’s a win that the EPA is holding developers accountable—and raising awareness about stormwater’s threat to coastal ecosystems. 

Water industry insiders told The Driller NEPA is a “double edged sword for the water sector” 

The $12 million in grants offers important support for state and tribal programs—especially as carbon capture initiatives and industrial expansion ramp up.

The EPA has been running these sampling surveys since 1983, building what’s now the longest-running and most comprehensive data set on Great Lakes health.