Water Pollution

Donald Trump Jr. points to his phone during a rally.

Energy and Environment

Donald Trump Jr. opposes big Alaska gold mine as administration moves toward approving it

Abby Smith · August 4, 2020 8:45 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 16, 2011 file photo, exhaust rises from smokestacks in front of piles of coal at NRG Energy's W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station in Thompsons, Texas. Risking an election-year backlash from Republicans, the Obama administration is proposing new air quality standards to lower the amount of soot that can be released into the air. The move by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, June 15, 2012 won immediate support from environmental groups and public health advocates, who said the EPA was protecting millions of Americans at risk of asthma attacks, lung cancer, heart disease and premature death. But congressional Republicans and industry officials called the rules overly strict and said they could hurt economic growth and cause job losses in areas where pollution levels are determined to be too high. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Energy and Environment

EPA overhauls pollution permit dispute resolution in bid to speed development

Abby Smith · July 22, 2020 7:55 pm

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Scientists claim deep-sea mining could forever harm ‘pristine’ ocean ecosystems

Abby Smith · June 26, 2020 3:00 am

Lighthouse Resources argues Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, and the state's Department of Ecology violated the Constitution's commerce clause in denying the permit for what would be America's largest coal export terminal. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown,File)

Energy and Environment

EPA limits state power to veto energy projects, setting up clash with Democratic governors

Abby Smith · June 1, 2020 4:17 pm

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, shows a poor air quality sign is posted over a highway, in Salt Lake City. A new government report released Jan. 13, 2014, says energy-related carbon dioxide pollution increased slightly in 2013 after declining for several years in a row. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Energy and Environment

NOAA launches major study of lockdown effects on pollution

Abby Smith · May 6, 2020 2:52 pm

This June 7, 2018 photo shows a settling pond, which collects water and allows nutrients to settle, at the Panther Island Mitigation Bank near Naples, Fla. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repealed Obama-era regulation determining the number of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.

Energy and Environment

California-led coalition sues Trump EPA over water rule rewrite, saying it undoes decades-old protections

Abby Smith · May 1, 2020 8:05 pm

The White House is preparing to expand protections for a swath of the Pacific Ocean that would bar energy development, fishing and other activity in the area. The epicenter is the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, a marine sanctuary designated in 2009 by former President George W. Bush, in the south-central Pacific Ocean. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court says Trump view of key Clean Water Act provision would create ‘obvious loophole’

Abby Smith · April 23, 2020 7:44 pm

Shelves are emptied of paper toilet and product supplies at a Safeway store in Phoenix, Ariz., Sunday, March 15, 2020.

Energy and Environment

‘Toilets are not trash cans’: EPA urges public to stop flushing disinfectant wipes and paper towels

Abby Smith · March 30, 2020 8:58 pm

Mandy Gunasekara is returning to EPA as chief of staff after leading the agency's air-policy office.

Energy and Environment

‘Cognizant’ of coronavirus constraints, EPA eases up on enforcement of pollution rules

Abby Smith · March 26, 2020 9:27 pm

Former EPA officials say farmers won’t get the aid they’re claiming from Trump water rule rewrite

Energy and Environment

Former EPA officials say farmers won’t get the aid they’re claiming from Trump water rule rewrite

Abby Smith · January 28, 2020 12:00 am

Energy and Environment

Trump administration rolls back Obama clean water rule

Abby Smith · January 23, 2020 6:10 pm

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Trump EPA can help companies and prosecute them, former EPA official says

Abby Smith · December 6, 2019 4:00 am