Trump administration guts rules targeting toxic coal plant ash
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed weakened rules governing the safe disposal of ash produced by burning coal.
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Trump administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipes
The Trump administration said Friday it backs a 10-year deadline for most cities and towns to replace their harmful lead pipes, giving notice that it will support a tough rule...
EPA says President Donald Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to take back billions in green bank funds
The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration should be allowed to freeze its funding and...
In a big bill that hurts clean energy, residential solar likely to get hit fast
As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts...
Severe weather and tornadoes batter Midwest, killing at least 21 across two states
Gov. Andy Beshear says 14 people have been killed by severe weather in Kentucky — including what appeared to be a devastating tornado — and that the number is likely...
What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means
The EPA plans to rescind limits for certain PFAS, or forever chemicals, and lengthen deadlines for two of the most common types.
EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two...
In policy reversal, Donald Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution
For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often made up largely of Black, Latino...
A $300B a year deal for climate cash at UN summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight against climate change, aimed at helping developing nations cope with the ravages of...
Blacklisted by the World Bank, Chicago ?rm still gets millions in new contracts
In 2006, the Mongolian Finance Ministry hired a small Chicago-based consulting firm called Glocoms to strengthen its budget planning. The $1.5 million job, financed by the World Bank, aimed to...