U.S. Environmental Protection Agency News

A great deal of misinformation is being circulated about efforts by water management districts, numerous cities and counties, utilities throughout Florida and industries across the state in response to efforts by the federal government, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , to impose arbitrary nutrient standards for nitrogen and ...

The University of Missouri Extension has received federal funding to help Amish and Mennonite produce growers reduce the use of high-risk pesticides.

Washington, D.C. - Fewer farmers followed planting restrictions for pest-resistant biotech corn even as corn prices and the popularity of the genetically modified seeds both soared, a consumer advocacy group says.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint against a Haines fish processor, accusing the plant of violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

Smokestack scrubbers will eliminate most of the sulfur emissions from the coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant, but they will also produce a new waste stream for a site still engaged in a $1 billion cleanup from a massive ash spill.

The chief environmental adviser to Gov. David Paterson has been chosen to head the regional office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that oversees New York and New Jersey.

It might make farmers happy, but increased ethanol content in fuel worries boaters.

A group proposing a southern Illinois plant that would convert coal into synthetic natural gas has the state's go-ahead to start construction.

Polyvinyl chloride is a versatile plastic used in a wide variety of products, among them wire insulation, building materials and medicine containers.

Dr. Al Armendariz, a Southern Methodist University engineering professor who has sharply criticized federal and state regulators for not cracking down hard enough on North Texas air polluters, has been named the Environmental Protection Agency's new regional administrator over Texas and four other states.

The former executive director of a Rhode Island environmental group has been chosen to lead the regional office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Wonder how much carbon dioxide you're responsible for on your commutes? Our map-based calculator will give you a pretty good idea, and get you started on a diet.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has given Chesapeake Bay states its "rigorous expectations" of what is needed to restore the nation's largest estuary.

The Environmental Protection Agency has fined a California company nearly $100,000 for 21 alleged violations of federal pesticide laws.

The EPA says testing at the former Peck Iron site revealed "extreme" concentrations of PCB and lead in the soil and in wetlands on the banks of Paradise Creek.

The City School District is among the top three school districts in the country in utilizing renewable energy sources, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Researchers and regulators are focusing what some say is unprecedented attention on a low-income, predominately Hispanic community of about 7,000 people living with pollution from a west San Bernardino rail yard.

More toxic waste must be removed from this Powell Butte Ranch,former owner Dennis Beetham and his company DB Western have 30 days to submit a plan before the US Environmental Protection Agency steps in, at his expense.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them.

Forbes magazine has ranked the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area No. 33 on the list of most toxic cities in the country.