Environmental Protection Agency

Efforts by the Biden administration to limit tailpipe pollution from automobiles face a crucial test as legal challenges brought by Republican-led states head to a federal appeals court.

The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health.

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday visited a Dorchester housing complex slated to make the switch to cleaner energy to highlight it as one anecdote in the “national story” of how the United States is preparing to deal with effects of a changing climate. Gov. Maura Healey, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu...

The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.

Over 50% of beaches in the United States had at least one day when fecal contamination reached unsafe levels to swim.

Many American cities have been excavating water mains, revealing lead pipes and leaving them there.

A government study says nearly half of the tap water in the U.S. contains potentially harmful compounds known as “forever chemicals.”

Louisiana had argued in a recent federal court filing that the administration had improperly “weaponized” a part of civil rights law in pursuing the investigations.

The Environmental Protection Agency could force American power plants to capture smokestack emissions using technology that isn’t in widespread use. If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions.

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered states to stop blocking contaminated waste from a fiery train derailment in Ohio from being sent to hazardous waste storage sites around the nation.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable.

Environmental waste sites from three states have been tasked with taking the hazardous waste from the area and disposing it through a process called deep well injection.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan pledged to continue support for East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment and toxic spill there.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured a new clinic in East Palestine, Ohio, on Tuesday, weeks after a train crash that forced residents from their homes.

The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to visit a West Virginia county where some residents recently got access to clean water after years of having to boil it before drinking. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will speak with community members in McDowell County about drinking water and wastewater inequity. Regan’s “Journey to Justice” tour focuses on historically...

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.