EPA
As chaos grips the nation, the agency is changing water permitting rules to make it harder for states to block construction of fossil fuel pipelines.
The states, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, claim the EPA's relaxed policy is not transparent and gives polluters too much wiggle room.
Fifty years after the first Earth Day, the connection between the environment and human health has never been more obvious.
It's just the latest environmental regulatory rollback since the United States became the epicenter of COVID-19.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The administration unveiled its final rule to gut Obama-era auto emissions standards as the COVID-19 pandemic rages.
The administration is pushing its pro-polluter agenda as the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 rises.
They approved pipelines and gold mines while attacking science as the death toll rises from the novel coronavirus and mass layoffs begin.
The EPA is expected to sign off on four new chemicals in the PFAS family, even as concerns mount about their devastating health effects.
The Trump administration is preparing to roll back protections for millions of wetlands and streams and reverse decades-old conservation efforts.
The new water rule, finalized Thursday, will be "among this administration’s dirtiest, most dangerous deeds,” an environmental lawyer warned.