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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday outlined plans for an aggressive rollback of environmental regulations.

The positions will be eliminated "immediately," according to a memo by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans for several rollbacks on environmental regulations and says it will "formally reconsider" a 2009 finding that greenhouse gasses are a danger ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental enforcement officers away from energy companies.  The EPA can pursue civil or criminal cases ...

British officials are concerned about environmental damage after a cargo ship carrying a toxic chemical hit a tanker transporting jet fuel off eastern England

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday 31 actions rolling back key public health and climate change policies. These regulation cutbacks impact wastewater discharges, ...

The Trump administration is moving forward with what EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin calls the "largest deregulatory action in U.S. history," aiming to undo 31 environmental regulations. The changes ...

A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter offices that help ensure low income and minority communities are not ...

A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter offices that help ensure low income and minority communities are not ...

Trump says one thing about toxins and does another.

British officials were bracing for environmental damage and seeking answers Tuesday after a cargo ship carrying a toxic chemical hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern ...

Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’. Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders sounded an alarm on Friday, saying ...

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.

Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits. Never miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up ...

Maggie Baird, mother of musicians Billie Eilish and Finneas, and founder of the food insecurity-focused nonprofit Support+Feed, has received the Superhero for Earth award from the Captain Planet ...

US chipmaker could suffer $17bn-a-year hit to business if energy efficiency rules are enforced more strictly

The EPA announced that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by emailing President Trump.

The EPA announced that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by emailing President Trump.

Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced dozens of cuts to environmental regulations, including decades-old rules on greenhouse gases and clean water. The ...

The illegal makeshift plants cause serious health problems and huge environmental damage.

Office for Environmental Protection says targets for water quality likely to be missed, and clarifying rules may help. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog has launched an ...

Police launch criminal investigation while local leaders call on Starmer to prevent environmental catastrophe. Police have detained the master of the container ship Solong as experts voiced growing ...

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, says the agency will be reviewing a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health. CBS News national environmental ...

Researchers say environmental impact from Kakhovka dam explosion comparable to Chornobyl nuclear disaster. The destruction of a large Ukrainian dam in 2023 triggered a “toxic timebomb” of ...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has drastically shifted U.S. efforts to combat climate change. On Wednesday, he announced a series of moves to roll back dozens of ...

The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry.

An environmental group in the U.K. says the North Sea tanker collision could become a "disaster in really important protected areas."

One person is missing, one man arrested, and jet fuel has leaked into the sea, raising environmental concerns.

Mining companies are poised to mine the deep sea – but opposition is growing. What is the environmental cost, and are these metals actually needed? Continue reading...

Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.

Environmental Protection Agency to review a key 2009 finding by the agency that greenhouse gases pose a risk to Americans.

Closure of the EPA’s environmental justice offices end their work protecting communities battling pollution with Trump officials justifying the move.

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive seeks to impose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) mandates on businesses worldwide.

How tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.

China’s leaders must balance making the best use of limited water with local, environmental and diplomatic concerns

Extreme day trips are popular on social media but have drawn criticism over environmental concerns.

Sewage spilled into England's waterways for a record number of hours last year, the Environmental Agency says.