The Environmental Protection Agency sent termination notices on Tuesday to staff who work on environmental justice programs ...

Communities already facing pollution and failing infrastructure can become even more vulnerable when federal protections are ...

The preparations will pose a test for the Trump administration’s strategy of relying mainly on emergency authorities and ...

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, making this year's festivities the 55th annual festival. For the first Earth Day, ...

The decision to fire or reassign employees is part of Trump officials’ push to close the EPA’s Office of Environmental ...

Some restrictions prevent loosening of existing environmental standards for clean air and water. Other rules can be changed – ...

The EPA is now the environmental “destruction” agency as it plans to open national parks and protected sights to mining and ...

Students, faculty and staff gathered Tuesday afternoon to condemn Trump’s funding cuts to federal scientific and ...

Environmental groups say they are preparing for a major legal showdown over sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations ...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin defended the cancellation of environmental justice grants in a press conference at the EPA’s ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA cuts or reassigns hundreds of environmental justice employees ...

Under the Clean Water Act, states set water quality standards to protect drinking water and water for recreation, as well as to protect wildlife. The Environmental Protection Agency has ...