The rule, which is known as the "endangerment finding," is a 2009 declaration that determined the current and projected ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long ...

Tensions between the federal government and the states over environmental regulation are rising sharply as the Trump administration pursues an aggressive deregulatory agenda. At the center of the ...

News about Environmental Protection Agency, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

In the tiny town of Cayuga, Indiana, a coal-fired power station poisoned the nearby Wabash River for over 40 years, not through the fumes billowing out of its smokestack but the heavy metals leaching ...

Trump Administration Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation ...

Another letter, signed by federal workers at the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this month, resulted in about 140 people being placed on administrative leave.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to adequately oversee state-run programs that aim to protect kids from lead paint, according to a new report from the agency’s independent Office of ...

The Trump administration is considering slashing rules meant to protect the environment and the public during commercial rocket launches, changes that companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX have long ...