California’s Ban on Gasoline Cars Is Overturned by US House Vote May 1, 2025 By Ari Natter Republicans moved a step closer Thursday to repealing a federal waiver allowing California to ban gasoline-powered cars by 2035, a...
Indiana Steel Mill Processor Fined $190K for Clean Air Act Violations April 29, 2025 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act with Phoenix Global, a...
EPA Considers Weakening Regulations on Coal Ash Disposal April 17, 2025 By Michael Phillis In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in...
Study Finds High Rates of Cancer Near Hazardous San Jacinto River Waste Pits February 25, 2025 Texans living in a 250-square-mile area of Harris County that includes a hazardous Superfund site had abnormally high rates of...
‘World’s Largest Truck Stop’ Fined $390K by EPA January 28, 2025 Two truck stops in Iowa and Missouri – Iowa 80, advertised as “the world’s largest truck stop,” and Joplin 44...
Kansas Cattle Farms Fined for Clean Water Act Violations January 27, 2025 Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in...
Toxic Traces of Lead Mining in Missouri Are Hard to Erase January 13, 2025 By Bobby Magill To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up,...
Power Company to Pay $61M Over Emissions Violations at Eastern Missouri Plant December 31, 2024 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order on Dec. 17 requiring Ameren Missouri to...
Supreme Court to Hear Dispute Over California Tailpipe Emissions, EV Standards December 13, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle...
Company Settles for $250K Over Hazardous Waste Claims at California Facility November 18, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with a firm over claims of violations of hazardous waste regulations at...