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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said she's done talking to "climate deniers" who don't think human activities are causing global warming. "If they haven't figured out by now, what in God's name could anyone say to them?" McCarthy said in a Facebook Live interview with Mashable Tuesday.
A federal district has ruled that environmental regulators must consider the cost of its decisions on jobs, specifically the coal sector. While regulators are supposed to evaluate the costs and benefits to their rulings, this decision is seen as something of a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency and its pending rules on carbon.
In this file photo, the VW sign of Germany's Volkswagen car company is displayed at the building of a company's retailer in Berlin. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer has scheduled a hearing Tuesday to determine whether the deal is fair to consumers and should receive final approval.
U.S. prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency over a massive mine wastewater spill that fouled rivers in three states, a federal watchdog agency said. The EPA's Office of Inspector General disclosed Wednesday that it recently presented evidence to prosecutors that the unnamed employee may have violated the Clean Water Act and given false statements.
The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change strategy faced a key test on Tuesday as conservative appeals court judges questioned whether his administration overstepped its legal authority under an air pollution law to make sweeping changes to the U.S. electric sector. Twenty-seven states led by coal-producer West Virginia and industry groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan rules before 10 judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change strategy, federal rules curbing greenhouse gas emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, faces a key test on Tuesday when opponents try to convince a U.S. appeals court to throw out the regulations. Twenty-seven states led by coal-producer West Virginia and industry groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan rules before 10 judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
On Thursday, in a brief order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit announced that all but one of the court's active judges will be participating in the en banc review of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan regulations. What this means is that the case will now be heard by 10 judges instead of nine.
Environmental activists hold placards as they protest during the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw November 21, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Two Colorado coal plants and one mine will be shutdown as part of an effort by federal and state regulators and environmentalists to improve visibility at national parks and other areas of the state.
The U.S. Navy has rejected calls for blood testing and monitoring of people who worked on local military bases as well as community members outside the bases. The Navy did pay for bottled water when public and private wells were shut down for PFOA and PFOS contamination levels above what the EPA considers safe over a person's lifetime.
A federal court has made it official, putting off indefinitely the implementation date for trailers under the federal government's heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards . Whether the decision to stay the Jan. 1 deadline eases or compounds uncertainty for trailer manufacturers and freight carriers remains to be seen, however.
Harley-Davidson motorcycles and the Environmental Protection Agency have come to terms on a settlement that requires the motorcycle company to stop selling illegal devices that increase air pollution. The EPA and the US Department of Justice announced the settlement this week.
When folks think of the Lone Star State, they might think of Big Oil and big emissions. But here's another, equally accurate image that folks might not think of when it comes to Texas: clean energy leader.
The Environmental Protection Agency says it's finalizing a plan to supply water to some residents of Kewaunee County of northeastern Wisconsin, where manure from large dairy farms is being blamed for contaminated wells. Robert Kaplan, acting regional administrator for the EPA, told residents at a meeting organized by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin this past week that his agency will announce a plan within the next month to supply residents who have tainted wells.
Western Australian uranium hopeful Vimy Resources has the environmental go ahead for a proposed mine project at Mulga Rocks, 240 kilometres north east of Kalgoorlie Conservation Council Nuclear Free Campaigner Mia Pepper says "Conservation groups will be lodging an official appeal against the recommendation by the EPA. Vimy Resources faces many hurdles and roadblocks and today's EPA recommendation is a long way from a green light for mining yellow cake at Mulga Rock."
People living downstream from a massive landfill near Jesup have good reason to worry about the nearly 1 million tons of coal ash dumped there. Likewise, they have a great reason to block a project that would bring in tons more.
Monday, Donald Trump unveiled his plan to revitalize America's economy in a policy speech at the Detroit Economic Club, focused on providing the tools to every American to succeed economically. Trump promised to "unleash the American economy to spur faster growth and benefit every American."
It may sound like a storyline straight out of a Godzilla movie, but researchers are warning that toxic waste from a long-abandoned Cold War-era camp could leach into nearby ecosystems as a result of warming temperatures in Greenland. It was thought that the hazardous waste would stay buried and frozen forever beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet , but climate change is warming the Arctic and causing portions of the ice sheet to melt, the researchers reported in a new study.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites. . less New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed ... more New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites.
In this July 29, 2010 file photo, a worker monitors the water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is vacuumed out the water. Enbridge Energy Partners will pay a $61 million penalty for the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history under an agreement with federal officials.