November 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, EPA denied Lightstone Generation’s request to continue dumping toxic coal ash waste into unlined storage ponds at the General James M. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio.
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November 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reuters reported yesterday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will wait until late next year to finalize standards for heavy-duty trucks that environmental and public health advocates have been pushing to strengthen since they were first proposed in March.
October 13, 2022
As part of an ongoing investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights found evidence that key Louisiana state agencies are failing to protect Black communities from toxic air pollution released by petrochemical companies, like Denka Performance Elastomers.
3 de octubre de 2022
La Corte Suprema escuchó hoy argumentos orales del caso Sackett vs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), un intento de la industria de combustibles fósiles de desmantelar la Ley de Agua Limpia.
May 8, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a fossil fuel and industry backed effort to gut the Clean Water Act by narrowing the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). A negative decision from the Supreme Court could open millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams – all currently protected by the Clean Water Act – to pollution and destruction.
September 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. --Environmental Defense Fund and Sierra Club served a formal notice of intent on the U.S.
29 de septiembre de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental anunció hoy que casi doblará la financiación de autobuses escolares limpios tras una abrumadora demanda de estos vehículos no contaminantes.
September 24, 2022
Today, in a long-awaited step toward prioritizing communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and environmental racism, EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced the agency will create the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, putting this critical issue in its rightful position alongside other EPA program offices.
20 de septiembre de 2022
En una decisión positiva, largamente esperada para mejorar la calidad del aire, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) finalizó decisiones que decenas de áreas en las que viven millones de estadounidenses han fracasado en su intento de lograr los Estándares Nacionales de Calidad del Aire de 2008 y 2015.
September 12, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club joins over 150 advocacy groups in launching the #SolutionsForPollution campaign. This campaign calls on the Biden Administration to set the strongest possible pollution standards to meet the president’s commitment to slash climate pollution by at least half by 2030 and to protect our health, communities, air, water, land and wildlife from dangerous pollution.
26 de agosto de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propuso hoy una nueva regla por la cual dos compuestos altamente tóxicos del tipo PFAS—PFOS y PFOA— se considerarían sustancias peligrosas en virtud de la Ley Federal de Superfunds (lugares altamente contaminados).
August 26, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the EPA proposed a new rule to list two PFAS chemicals – PFOS and PFOA – as hazardous substances under the United States’ federal Superfund law, giving EPA the authority to force polluters to efficiently cleanup contaminated sites and recoup costs of cleanup.