The court rejected requests for emergency relief filed by more than two dozen states and the energy industry, which asked it to halt the measure that was rolled out by the EPA in May and took ...

The court declined a request for emergency relief sought by nearly a dozen states and the energy sector, which had argued the EPA's new standards are not necessary under the Clean Air Act because ...

(Bloomberg) -- The US Supreme Court let the Environmental Protection Agency move ahead with its stringent new emissions limits for power plants, rebuffing businesses and Republican-run states that ...

To implement the law, EPA began setting annual “allocations” for each HFC producer and importer based on estimates of their historical market share that gradually would decline over time.

The challengers contend that the EPA exceeded its powers in issuing unjustified rules that threaten the U.S. electricity supply and usurp the role of states in establishing emissions standards.

The industry groups and states had argued the EPA overstepped its authority and set unattainable standards with the new regulations. The EPA, though, said the rules are squarely within its legal ...

"Too often our children, the most vulnerable residents of already overburdened communities, are the most profoundly impacted by the toxic legacy of lead-based paint," EPA Administrator Michael ...

Up to 9 million homes across the US still get water that flows through old lead pipes, according to EPA estimates. Lead can get into drinking water when pipes corrode. And as a toxic metal ...

The EPA said in all, the company imported and distributed 23 unregistered pesticides plus the two misbranded pesticide devices, including purported disinfectant or antimicrobial health products.

The rule, initially proposed by the EPA in 2023, imposes the strictest limits on lead in drinking water since federal standards were first set decades ago and requires utilities to review their ...

The EPA's Urban Wastewater Treatment report highlights that 16 towns and villages discharge raw sewage daily because their public sewers are not connected to treatment plants. They are ...

The EPA has projected that replacing all of them could cost at least $45 billion. Lead pipes were initially installed in cities decades ago because they were cheaper and more malleable ...