E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks
The Biden administration is strengthening the ‘Good Neighbor’ rule, to cut pollution from power plants and factories in the West and Midwest that wafts east. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing factories and power plants…
Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump
The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday restored the legal foundation of an Obama-era regulation governing mercury, a pollutant from…
Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday proposed to tighten limits on fine particulate matter, a deadly air pollutant also known as soot. It would be the first time in more than a decade that the federal government cracks down…
EPA Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday strengthened limits on smog-forming pollution from buses, delivery vans, tractor-trailers and other trucks, the first time in more than 20 years that tailpipe standards have been tightened for heavy-duty vehicles. The new rule…
E.P.A. Will Make Racial Equality a Bigger Factor in Environmental Rules
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will establish a new national office of environmental justice, the Biden administration’s latest effort to rectify the disproportionate harm caused by pollution and climate change in communities of color and in low-income cities, towns…
E.P.A. to Propose Restrictions on Asbestos
Neither company responded to a request for comment. Frank Reiner, the president of the Chlorine Institute, which represents chlorine producers and distributors, said his member companies need to review the proposed rule before commenting. The industry considers the use of…
Biden Restores California’s Power to Set Stringent Tailpipe Rules
“Automakers are committed to working cooperatively and constructively with California and other states to ensure vehicles are efficient, clean, and affordable for all,” said a statement from John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which lobbies on behalf…
E.P.A. Plans Tighter Tailpipe Rules for Trucks, Vans and Buses
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday proposed strict new limits on pollution from buses, delivery vans, tractor-trailers and other heavy trucks — the first time in more than 20 years that tailpipe standards have been tightened for the biggest…
E.P.A. Chief Vows to ‘Do Better’ to Protect Poor Communities
WASHINGTON — Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to Jackson, Miss., in November to discuss the city’s poor water quality at an elementary school where children have to drink bottled water and use portable restrooms…
Biden Administration Promises Stricter Regulation of Lead in Drinking Water
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday will announce its intention to propose stricter limits on the amount of lead allowable in drinking water and to begin replacing millions of lead pipes that snake throughout the country and pose…
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