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How regulations helped clear the air A visit to Evansville, Indiana, helps show how EPA regulations have made a difference. The city of about 115,000 lies where the state’s southwest tip meets ...
Topeka received a $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant for environmental assessments. The grant will fund assessments at the former White Lakes Mall, two former schools, and other locations. The funding ...
The Trump EPA said it would keep the PFOA and PFOS drinking water limits but give utilities until 2031 to comply with them, instead of 2029. The rules for the other four compounds will be scrapped ...
The EPA says the tech can improve fuel economy by 4–5%, especially in stop-and-go traffic. That checks out with independent tests, including one from the Engineering Explained YouTube channel.
Where this ultimately leads is unclear at the moment. Even if the EPA eliminates any incentives to include start/stop on cars, there’s no guarantee that car companies will drop the technology.
President Trump has proposed a 55% cut to the U.S. EPA's budget. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has proposed further cuts to his own agency. These cuts could create more pollution to Indiana's air ...
Acid rain, PFAS and climate change weren't even part of the 1980s EPA mission, adding to concerns for an agency already struggling to meet its workload.
EPA reorganization hits research arm Office of Research and Development scientists get 1 week to apply for a new job in the agency or accept early retirement by Leigh ...
The EPA and the White House last year warned of “disabling” cyberattacks targeting water systems across the country. In a letter to U.S. governors, then-National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and EPA ...
Instead, EPA will create two offices within OAR called the Office of Clean Air Programs and Office of State Air Partnerships. The clean air office will “align statutory obligations and mission ...
EPA did not respond to inquiries about the changes to OAR. But Project 2025, which has proved influential in President Donald Trump’s second term, calls for OAR to shift away from greenhouse gas ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on Friday to slash its budget by $300 million in fiscal year 2026, reduce staffing to 1980s levels and dissolve its research and ...