EPA

As a class of man-made chemicals that are toxic in even the smallest concentrations, PFAS have been used for decades to make products such as non-stick pans, stain-resistant carpets, and fire-fighting foam. The substances have been put to…

WASHINGTON - The Biden government will rethink federal limits for fine carbon black, one of the most common and deadly forms of air pollution, to introduce tough new regulations on emissions from power plants, factories and other industrial…

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is taking the unusual step of publicly recording the Trump administration's political interference in science, compiling a list of dozen of regulatory decisions that may have been skewed by political…

WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed Wednesday that Michael S. Regan, former North Carolina's top environmental agency, heads the Environmental Protection Agency and is driving some of the Biden administration's largest climate and regulatory…

"He's going to take over an EPA that is in the same position that he found the North Carolina DEQ four years ago," said Governor Cooper. He credited Mr. Regan with restoring morale among career workers and emphasizing respect for…

WASHINGTON - Nearly a quarter of a century ago, a team of tobacco industry consultants outlined a plan to create "explicit procedural hurdles" for the Environmental Protection Agency before it could use science to address the health effects…

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has selected Michael S. Regan, North Carolina's top environmental agency, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, the Biden transition team said Thursday. The decision elevates, for the…

Michael Regan listens as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announces that Regan will lead the North Carolina Environmental Quality Department at Executive Manson in Raleigh, NC on January 3, 2017.Chuck Liddy | APPresident-elect Joe Biden…

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is set to elect Gina McCarthy, the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama and the architect of some of his most far-reaching regulations to…

"If I were Joe Biden and I was looking for someone to implement the green agenda, I would pick Mary Nichols," said Steven J. Milloy, who led Mr. Trump's transition team and now runs a website that has the wrong information about the climate…