EPA Plans to Rescind Safety Rules Prompted by Fatal Texas Plant Blast May 22, 2018 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt moved Thursday to rescind much of a package of safety measures proposed for chemical...
EPA May Have Overstated Colorado Mine Spill Damages March 21, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished an overdue review of damage claims from a Colorado mine...
EPA Considers Using Robots in Old Mines to Prevent Toxic Spills February 1, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT Crumbling mine tunnels awash with polluted waters perforate the Colorado mountains, and scientists may one day send robots creeping through...
Hundreds of Superfund Sites Face Flood Risks December 27, 2017 By JASON DEAREN, MICHAEL BIESECKER and ANGELIKI KASTANIS When Anthony Stansbury moved down the street from the Anclote River in Florida last year, he didn’t know his slice...
Nearly 80% of Illinois Debris Sites High in Toxins November 21, 2017 By John O'Connor Four in five Illinois quarries that backfill with concrete and other demolition waste show higher-than-acceptable levels of toxins, according to...
Asbestos, Dry Cleaning Agent Among 10 Chemicals Under EPA Review October 26, 2017 Under a congressional mandate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing 10 chemicals to determine if they pose an unreasonable...
Montana Set to Take Over Deadly Libby Asbestos Cleanup Site September 25, 2017 By MATTHEW BROWN The cleanup of a northwest Montana community where health professionals say hundreds of people have been killed by asbestos exposure...
EPA Says it Won’t Review Mine Spill Claims of State or Tribe That Sued August 10, 2017 By DAN ELLIOTT Days after the Environmental Protection Agency pledged to reconsider damage claims it previously rejected after a mine spill, the agency...
New York City Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 32 People June 16, 2017 By JENNIFER PELTZ A carbon monoxide leak in a building three blocks from the World Trade Center sickened 32 people and raised alarm...
Investigators Say EPA Had No Rules for Working at Risky Mines June 14, 2017 By DAN ELLIOTT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had no rules for working around old mines when the agency inadvertently triggered a massive...