Pollution

The conservative group wants the EPA to hand over documents detailing its use of social media to promote the Obama administration's Waters of the U.S. Rule. (Wikipedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s EPA plays up fines and jail time assessed against polluters

John Siciliano · February 8, 2018 8:20 pm

The EPA administrator proposes to remove the majority of radioactive material at the West Lake landfill within five years. The EPA also plans to place a permanent cap, or cover system, over the site for long-term protection.(Kqueirolomce, via Wikipedia)

Energy and Environment

EPA’s Scott Pruitt proposes plan to remove radioactive waste at notorious West Lake Superfund site

Josh Siegel · February 1, 2018 3:00 pm

The coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga., is one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists sue Trump over coal pollution ahead of State of the Union

John Siciliano · January 31, 2018 2:16 am

According to a recent report, Volkswagen, with fellow German carmakers Daimler and BMW, paid for an experiment using monkeys in rigged studies meant to produce lower pollution levels. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Volkswagen apologizes for using monkeys in experiments to cheat emissions tests

Josh Siegel · January 29, 2018 7:57 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced new changes to a policy that imposed strict limits on hazardous air pollutants emitted by factories. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA weakens rules on emissions from polluters

Josh Siegel · January 25, 2018 10:49 pm

The Job Creators Network found that 64 percent of small business owners see Trump's policy changes as helping their businesses. (iStock photo)

Small business owners favor Trump policies, GOP on economy: Survey

Joseph Lawler · January 23, 2018 10:01 pm

It's not the companies causing this. It's us. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Beltway Confidential

Suing oil companies for climate change is worse than childish

Tim Worstall · January 19, 2018 11:18 pm

Attorneys general Eric Schneiderman of New York (pictured above) and George Jepsen of Connecticut have sued the Environmental Protection Agency to force the agency to stop ozone pollution from coming into their respective states. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Energy and Environment

Democratic attorneys general step up campaign against Trump’s EPA with new lawsuit

John Siciliano · January 17, 2018 9:02 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to complete designations for all of the non-compliant areas that do not meet its ozone rules no later than April 30, the agency announced in the Federal Register Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

EPA sets hard deadline for enforcing Obama-era ozone restrictions

John Siciliano · January 5, 2018 12:31 am

Energy and Environment

Northeast states sue EPA for denying smog petition

Josh Siegel · December 26, 2017 8:24 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency in November announced that 2,646 counties in the U.S. meet the Obama-era standards for controlling smog-forming pollution, but did not declare the remaining counties as nonattainment areas. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Attorneys general sue EPA for missing ozone rule deadline

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2017 10:12 pm

"As we move forward, the agency will be able to prioritize, be more responsive to local needs, and move forward on a case-by-case basis." (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists sue EPA for failing to meet ozone rule deadline

John Siciliano · December 5, 2017 12:26 am