The Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at Biden-era regulations for power plants. While environment and public health advocates have sharply criticized the push to end limits on carbon ...

A 2007 EPA study found that six million Americans face elevated risks of cancer from being exposed to just the arsenic in coal ash that is leaching into groundwater. In 2015, after weighing the ...

As Republicans on the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees work to advance the 12 annual appropriations bills ...

The announcement won't happen until 1 p.m. today, but by Monday afternoon many people were confident what the Environmental Protection Agency will say about mercury pollution from power plants.

The EPA published a notice in the Federal Register that it intends to deny Colorado’s plan to shutter coal-fired power plants ...

EPA plans to reverse endangerment finding, a foundation of the federal government's ability to address climate change.

The proposed rejection doesn’t stop Colorado from enforcing the plan, but it signals the federal government no longer ...

USA TODAY previously reported that President Donald Trump granted exemptions to over 60 power plants that delayed when they would have to meet the more stringent Mercury and Air Toxics Standards by ...

The Trump administration says that it plans to delay and potentially loosen water pollution rules for coal-fired power plants. In a press release, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said ...

Colstrip Unit 4 has the highest emission rate for toxic emissions compared to any other coal unit in the country.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is removing Biden-era administration greenhouse gas regulations -- which saddled the energy industry with an extra $1.3 billion per year in costs -- in ...

US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced two EPA proposals to roll back emission limits for power plants on greenhouse gases, mercury, and particulate ...