The agency says its top items are abolishing a key US climate rule and delaying vehicle emission standard enforcement ...

Agency must use artificial intelligence to defend communities with same zeal it applies to cutting protections that safeguard ...

Growing up in the 1970s, I took for granted the trash piles along the highway, tires washed up on beaches, and smog fouling ...

From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Marie Owens-Powell, president of the union that represents more ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the face of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it ...

The Trump budget proposal for the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t just slash funding for the EPA. It contains a less-noticed but important policy shift: eliminating federal enforcement where ...

Climate change and environmental crises such as deforestation are critical problems in refugee situations. UNHCR estimates that 20-25 million trees are cut down in and around refugee settlements each ...

Banner for the CT Environmental Rights Amendment on the steps of the Old State House Credit: Jan Ellen Sipegel / CT Mirror The Supreme Court has been undermining environmental regulations at the ...

The Gulf Environmental Protection and Stewardship Board at the National Academies explores the varied environments of the Gulf--including terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine systems. The work ...

The ocean covers about 71 percent of the earth's surface. It is the cradle of life and the source of human civilization. The marine eco-environment is essential to the ecological balance of the planet ...