Environmental Protection Agency

• EPA begins removing hazards from former Detroit chemical plant - EMCO Chemical Inc. produced and distributed specialty industrial chemicals until it closed in August 2023.
• A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup - Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.
• 'Trump’s EPA' in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation - The Trump administration has transformed the Environmental Protection Agency in its first year, cutting federal limits on air and water pollution and promoting fossil fuels, a metamorphosis that clashes with the agency’s historic mission to
• Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry - The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.
• Residents condemn city officials for allegedly refusing to address toxic threat: 'Our community has been ... a target' - Community members are frustrated nothing has changed.
• Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks - A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
• EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes. Scientists call it misleading - The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even though sci
• Analysis-Trump fuel economy rollback may make cars cheaper, but higher gas bills will absorb savings - WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's proposal to roll back Biden-era vehicle fuel efficiency standards may save automakers in the U. tens of billions of dollars and potentially lower upfront purchase costs for American c
• Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy - The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”
• FEMA Won’t Reinstate Suspended Workers Who Signed Letter Criticizing Trump - Employees suspended in the summer after signing a letter critical of the president were told they could return to work. But the reinstatement was short-lived.