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Biden to Restore Legal Foundation for Limits on Mercury Pollution, Discarded by Trump

President Joe Biden plans in coming days to shore up one of the most consequential environmental regulations in history by moving to restore the legal foundation for limits on mercury pollution from power plants. Restrictions on mercury, imposed by the …

Trump EPA Saves Coal Plants Millions with Delay on Coal Ash Pond Closures

The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced last Friday. The move by the Environmental Protection …

EPA Begins Rewrite of Rules on Costs, Benefits of Environmental Regulations

The Trump administration is planning to write new rules for how it weighs the human costs and benefits of environmental regulations, a move that could make it harder for future presidents to stiffen limits on pollution and combat climate change. …

EPA Authorizes $1.8M to Remove Unsafe Liquids From 2 Connecticut Industrial Sites

Federal environmental regulators say they’re trying to contain and remove as much as 200,000 gallons of dangerous liquid chemicals and compounds found in storage tanks at two abandoned industrial properties in Waterbury. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tells the Republican-American …