Environmental Protection Agency

A lack of federal regulation aimed at stopping polluted runoff from seeping into three rivers in the Boston area is driving local environmental organizations to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, they said Thursday. The Conservation Law Foundation and the Charles River Watershed Association said they will sue the EPA, claiming that the Charles, Mystic and Neponset rivers are being threatened…

The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet.

A look at how the court ruling could impact efforts to slow global warming and other regulatory actions, from education to transportation and food.

The Supreme Court’s new climate change ruling is likely to hinder the Biden administration’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and make the electric grid carbon-free by 2035.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products that kills thousands of Americans every year

A biotech firm this week got the green light from U.S. regulators to release over 2 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and California as part of an expanded effort to combat transmission of diseases like Zika, dengue fever and canine heartworm.

The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles.

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states

A popular playground in Ayer, Massachusetts, has been closed to the public due to arsenic contamination. The town of Ayer notified the state environmental protection department this week that the Kiddie Junction Playground at Pirone Park is contaminated. The town is working to remediate the site and replace the playground structure. The playground was constructed in 1989 using standard techniques…

The Biden administration has taken action to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways

The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether one of the federal government’s plans for reducing greenhouse gases goes too far. The court agreed to take up a challenge from coal companies and energy-producing states, led by West Virginia, that say the Environmental Protection Agency was exceeding its authority to limit carbon emissions. They’re appealing a lower court’s ruling that restored some...

The Biden administration is banning use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide that environmentalists say poses risks to children and farm workers

Researchers say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is larger than average.

Pledging to put science above politics, the Biden administration will look back through four years of environmental policies and decisions made by the Trump administration to see where scientific data may have been manipulated or intentionally suppressed.

The Biden administration is delaying the effective date of a policy intended to prevent lead pollution of drinking water.

Federal data shows ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump.

A federal judge has blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the Environmental Protection Agency may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health

The Environmental Protection Agency has released one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration

While most of the Charles River’s water is in good shape, a tributary that runs through Boston and Brookline has water that’s far less satisfactory, according to the latest water quality grades. The Charles River’s 2019 report card, created by the Charles River Watershed Association and New England branch of the Environmental Protection Agency, was released Monday and gives...

The Charles River received an “A” to “D-” in a new grading system from EPA New England.