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News Articles: Environmental Protection Agency

A person crosses a street as smog fills the air Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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  • Business

Upending norms, the Senate votes to undo California's EV rules

The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

May 22, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Vehicles drive along the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles, Calif., during a heat wave in October 2024. California has ambitious rules requiring automakers to phase out gas-powered vehicles (except for plug-in hybrids), to combat air pollution and climate change. The Trump administration has vowed to overturn California's stringent standards.

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  • Business

The House strikes a blow against California in a fight over EVs

California, which has the unique ability to set vehicle standards, has set ambitious rules requiring all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The fate of those rules is now up to the Senate.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
The LCP Chemicals Superfund Site, Feb. 7, 2024, Brunswick, GA.

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  • Health

Still more to learn about human exposure to toxic contaminants in Brunswick

A report from Emory University scientists shows some people in the Coastal Georgia city have been exposed to toxic chemicals left over from Superfund sites.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Front end loaders are dwarfed by the coal field at Georgia Power's Plant Scherer.

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  • Health

Atlanta area fails in air quality report as U.S. sees pollution rise over time

The report, in its 26th edition, uses data collected by air quality monitors run by the Environmental Protection Agency.

April 23, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency monitors air quality continues following the 2024 fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia.

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  • News

Ossoff urges Trump administration to reinstate EPA staff dismissed from Southeast offices

Sen. Jon Ossoff and members of Georgia’s congressional delegation are raising concerns about recent EPA staff dismissals they say could threaten public health protections.

March 21, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The EPA's acting director let go of members of two of the agency's influential advisory committees on Tuesday. In an email, James Payne said they could reapply for their positions.

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  • National

Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Elon Musk embrace at a rally in October 2024.

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  • Business

With Trump’s win, Elon Musk stands to benefit

The billionaire businessman has spent weeks campaigning relentlessly for Donald Trump. That dedication could lead to major benefits for him and his companies.

November 10, 2024
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  • Dara Kerr
Power Plant

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  • News

Environmentalists press EPA to force Georgia Power to follow federal rules for coal ash cleanup

Several Georgia environmental organizations are pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  to enforce national standards that would prevent Georgia Power from disposing of coal ash waste in a way that pollutes groundwater.

July 19, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Georcia Power's coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga. AP Photo/Branden Camp

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  • News

What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose

With the definition resolved, will the EPA come for polluting coal plants? Across America, millions of tons of toxic waste are sitting in pits next to coal plants. But whether they will get cleaned up has come down to a legal debate over the definitions of words. 

July 11, 2024
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  • Gautama Mehta
Ashley Desensi, Technical Programs Specialist for the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper taking samples of E.Coli bacteria at the wastewater treatment plant outfall in Chattahoochee River on June 4, 2024. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

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  • News

Unsafe levels of bacteria in Chattahoochee River from Phenix City plant, watchdog says

The Phenix City wastewater treatment plant is discharging significantly more E. coli bacteria into the Chattahoochee River than the facility is permitted to, a river watchdog group has alleged.

June 07, 2024
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  • Kala Hunter
Back of a school bus.

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  • News

Funds for clean school buses coming to hundreds of districts, White House says

As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses.

May 29, 2024
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  • Shauneen Miranda
Following a new EPA rule, public water systems will have five years to address instances where there is too much PFAS in tap water – three years to sample their systems and establish the existing levels of PFAS, and an additional two years to install water treatment technologies if their levels are too high.

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  • Science

What to know about the new EPA rule limiting 'forever chemicals' in tap water

Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency announced new drinking water standards to limit people's exposure to some PFAS chemicals. For decades, PFAS have been used to waterproof and stain-proof a variety of consumer products. These "forever chemicals" in a host of products — everything from raincoats and the Teflon of nonstick pans to makeup to furniture and firefighting foam. Because PFAS take a very long time to break down, they can accumulate in humans and the environment. Now, a growing body of research is linking them to human health problems like serious illness, some cancers, lower fertility and liver damage. Science correspondent Pien Huang joins the show today to talk through this new EPA rule — what the threshold for safe levels of PFAS in tap water is, why the rule is happening now and how the federal standards will be implemented.

Read more of Pien's reporting on the EPA's first ever rule on PFAS in drinking water.

Want to hear more about health and human safety? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might cover your question on a future episode!

April 12, 2024
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  • Pien Huang,
  • Berly McCoy,
  • and 2 more
Robert Taylor lives about a half-mile from Denka Performance Elastomer, a plant affected by the EPA's new rule, in Reserve, Louisiana.

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  • Environment

For communities near chemical plants, EPA's new air pollution rule spells relief

The Environmental Protection Agency tightens standards for air pollution coming from more than 200 chemical plants in the U.S.

April 09, 2024
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By:
  • Halle Parker
Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

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  • Health

The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that the man-made chemicals are present in nearly half the country's tap water supply.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
David Jones dusts his house almost daily because the air in his neighborhood is so polluted. "You wake up in the morning and your throat hurts," he says. He is one of millions of people in the United States who live with dangerous air pollution, including gasses and particulates so small that they can worm their way deep into one's lungs and even cross into the brain.

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  • Climate

A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods

A new satellite will take continuous measurements of dangerous air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of environmental injustice.

June 21, 2023
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  • Seyma Bayram and
  • Rebecca Hersher
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