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EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals
Apr 6 2026 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services announced that they will monitor the impact of microplastics and pharmaceuticals on drinking water, the first step toward assessing their...
Warmer Winters Causing Costly Water Pollution Crisis
Apr 2 2026 // When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It’s a fact of...
EPA Watchdog Finds Nation’s Most Toxic Sites Are Vulnerable to Flooding, Wildfires
Apr 2 2026 // About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans in surrounding communities, the internal watchdog...
How California’s Ambitious Car Pollution Rules Made Everyone’s Air Cleaner
Mar 31 2026 // Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the air were 50 times higher in the 1970s than...
People Moves: RT Specialty Environmental & Construction Practice Elevates Four
Mar 27 2026 // Zac Kalet RT Specialty’s Hamilton, New Jersey office, which is part of RT Specialty’s Environmental and Construction Professional (RT ECP) Practice, promoted four team members to new roles. Zack Kalet is...
EPA Promises Ruling on New Hampshire Repeal of Vehicle Inspections by Summer
Mar 24 2026 // U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has promised New Hampshire officials that his agency will expedite its review of the state’s request for a Clean Air Act waiver that will allow it...
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