Environmental Protection Agency

October Heat Wave Brings Temperatures Close To Triple Digits Around Los Angeles

The House strikes a blow against California in a fight over EVs

4:34am May 01, 2025

by Leila Fadel

California, which has the unique ability to set vehicle standards, has set ambitious rules requiring all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The fate of those rules is now up to the Senate.

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Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

12:24am January 29, 2025

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

With Trump's win, Elon Musk stands to benefit

3:56pm November 07, 2024

The billionaire businessman has spent weeks campaigning relentlessly for Donald Trump. That dedication could lead to major benefits for him and his companies.

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Smoke from a westerly wildfire creates a haze over Pilot Mountain in 2021. AP/GERRY BROOME

North Carolina close to compliance with new federal air quality regulations

2:42pm August 20, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

North Carolina has two years to meet new Environmental Protection Agency regulations regarding fine particulate matter.

A lead pipe after being pulled from a Michigan supply line.

Health & Safety

EPA grant will aid North Carolina lead testing efforts

10:23am June 28, 2024

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina will receive a federal grant totaling over $1 million to further lead testing initiatives in schools and daycare centers.

Solar panels line a residential rooftop.

EPA boosts funding for solar energy in North Carolina

3:00pm April 26, 2024

by Neal Charnoff

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a North Carolina organization $156 million to strengthen solar energy use across the state.

Robert Taylor lives about a half-mile from Denka Performance Elastomer, a plant affected by the EPA's new rule, in Reserve, Louisiana.

For communities near chemical plants, EPA's new air pollution rule spells relief

7:33pm April 09, 2024

by Halle Parker

The Environmental Protection Agency tightens standards for air pollution coming from more than 200 chemical plants in the U.S.

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Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances

4:09am February 02, 2024

by Ayana Archie

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that the man-made chemicals are present in nearly half the country's tap water supply.

Education

WS/FCS receives grant to clean site of new Brunson Elementary

4:06pm June 05, 2023

by Bethany Chafin

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools will receive nearly $750,000 from the U.S.

A sign touting the Inflation Reduction Act is seen at Glynwood Boat House in Cold Spring, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 2022.

The EPA's watchdog is warning about oversight for billions in new climate spending

5:01am April 01, 2023

by Eric McDaniel

The Environmental Protection Agency received billions from President Biden's climate legislation, but the EPA inspector general warns there is "a high risk for fraud, waste and abuse."