EPA Power to Curb Carbon Emissions Questioned by Supreme Court March 1, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce...
Louisiana Reaches $3.3 Million Settlement With Firestone Over Alleged Clean Air Act Violations February 28, 2022 The United States, together with the State of Louisiana, announced that U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana...
EPA to Conduct Unannounced Inspections in 3 Gulf Coast States January 27, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other...
EPA Orders Louisiana Fuel Plant to Clean Up Emissions December 16, 2021 Federal regulators have announced plans to make Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have...
Illinois Engine Firm to Cut NOx Emissions, Pay $52M in Clear Air Act Settlement October 28, 2021 Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to mitigate at least...
Oregon Wildfire Hazardous Waste Cleanup Complete December 15, 2020 The Environmental Protection Agency said it has completed the cleanup of household hazardous waste from properties burned in Oregon wildfires....
EPA Denies Ban; Permits Farmers’ Use of Dicamba-Based Weed Killers for Five Years October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it will allow farmers to spray crops with weed killers based on...
Supreme Court Justices Question Landowners’ Claims in Montana Superfund Cleanup December 4, 2019 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims...
Chemical Contamination Found in Wells Near Delaware Air Force Base July 17, 2019 By Randall Chase Businesses and residents near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware are being provided bottled water after chemical contaminants were found...
EPA Drilling into Colorado Mine for Superfund Cleanup Investigation June 11, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to drill a test well into an inactive mine tunnel in southwestern Colorado to...