Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...

Iowa environmental groups are suing the EPA over the removal of Iowa rivers from the state's impaired list. What's at stake ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Marie Owens-Powell, president of the union that represents more ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated on March 8, 2023, because an earlier version of the story did not meet CNN editorial standards. The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is ...

Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told they are being placed on paid administrative leave as the agency executes ...

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half ...

Dear Eartha, Can you explain what the EPA does and why it’s important? This year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) turns 55. In its relatively short lifetime, the EPA has had a ...

Environmental Protection Agency workers in protective clothing checking soil in area of closed plant for toxic waste contamination. Photo by Steve Liss/Getty Images The Court’s reasoning may well ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Nearly 90% of EPA’s staff will be furloughed in the government shutdown. Research, new grants and permits, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc. (“WMAC”) entered into an April 28th ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and WES Water Holdings, LLC (“WES”) entered into a May 14th Consent Agreement ...