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U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has a new top speechwriter.

U.S. EPA yesterday laid out what it called an "ambitious" schedule to address the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Obama administration's landmark mercury and air toxics standards for power plants.

Thirteen states yesterday asked a federal judge to block U.S. EPA's major Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule from going into effect later this month.

Air pollution from China and ozone coming down from the upper atmosphere have together offset actions taken in the western United States to reduce emissions, according to a new study.

Anne Burford had a stormy stint as the Reagan administration’s first U.S. EPA chief. She slashed the agency’s budget, was cited for contempt of Congress and resigned after less than two years on the job. As investigators were vetting her for the post, former colleagues and associates raised concerns that could have served as red flags, according to FBI records recently obtained by Greenwire.

Is U.S. EPA's final Clean Power Plan legally vulnerable because it is seen by many as a significant departure from the agency's proposed rule? During today's OnPoint, Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses the biggest winners and losers following last week's release of the plan and talks about his organization's next steps for engaging states on crafting compliance mechanisms.

A text message service is revolutionizing human waste disposal in Senegal's capital, driving down sanitation costs that fueled environmental damage and disease.

Wildlife groups say India's government prematurely heralded the success of its tiger conservation plan, pointing to the death of 41 of the big cats so far this year.

Sixty people are missing following an overnight landslide that destroyed dormitories and homes in a Chinese mining town.

New York City agencies applied thousands of pounds of pesticides linked to cancer in 2013, nearly a decade after passing a local law banning their use.

A coalition that has promoted construction of the contentious Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada announced yesterday the selection of a Vermont regulator and former consumer advocate as its executive director.

The first-ever report card on the health of Texas' Galveston Bay gave the waterway a C and warned that conditions will worsen unless steps are taken to continue restoration efforts.

When a natural disaster strikes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds with funding to aid the recovery.

One of the nation's biggest federal employee unions has elected a new leader.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has chosen the head of its largest regional offices to succeed its retiring executive director for operations.

Environmentalists asked the Department of Commerce today to halt the export of natural gas, an issue that has wide bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.

California cities are dumping millions of black, plastic balls filled with water into their reservoirs to protect their water supplies.

Justice Department lawyers clashed with petroleum industry groups in federal appeals court yesterday during arguments over whether a huge swath of the Arctic could be designated as critical habitat for polar bears.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today denied a request from environmentalists to stay the registrations of Enlist Duo, a controversial herbicide recently approved for use in 15 states.

A large rodent who briefly escaped from his cage last month at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., has died.

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