Environmental Protection Agency

Hundreds of school districts around the U.S. may have to abandon plans to acquire electric buses after the EPA froze the latest round of money that was part of President Biden’s infrastructure law. The electric buses would replace diesel-burning buses that are particularly unhealthy for the children who ride them. The buses would also would save districts on fuel costs....

The Environmental Protection Agency said it has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance climate-friendly projects.

Administrator Lee Zeldin said the Environmental Protection Agency will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration.

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

The former congressman has been tapped by Donald Trump to lead the EPA.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he continues to build out his future administration with loyal supporters.

New standards from the Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at protecting children from exposure to lead paint.

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes.

For the first time in roughly 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency used its emergency authority to halt the sale of pesticide DCPA, or Dacthal, that harms the development of unborn babies.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

The EPA also tightened rules aimed at reducing wastewater pollution from coal-fired power plants and preventing harm from toxic pits of coal ash, a waste byproduct of burning coal.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced new limits on certain types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

PFAS or polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as “forever chemicals”, are a class of chemicals used in consumer and industrial products.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever limits for several common types of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule.

The new rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United States.

A Boston nonprofit organization was selected on Wednesday to receive $50 million to fund environmental justice projects in New England, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Health Resource in Action was granted the $50 million under the EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program that was created by President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the EPA said. The...