Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed
Pollution increased when the EPA stopped watching and returned to normal once inspections resumed.
Tag: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FAU lands EPA grant to use genetics in Florida Bay sponge restoration
The work aims to restore sponge populations with the strength to withstand a shifting climate, disease and other threats.
Stop EPA from rolling back environmental regulations
The EPA is seeking to repeal the finding that provides the legal underpinning for limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact
The Trump administration is taking steps to eliminate regulations and ensure future administrations can’t bring them back.
EPA removal of emissions limits won’t stop shift to EVs, but will make it harder, slower and more expensive
The EPA’s proposal seeks to slow the shift to electric vehicles, removing incentives and raising costs.
Miami vehicle pollution clouds Everglades, threatens ecosystems
A new study found Miami-area vehicles emit more than 33,000 tons of nitrogen oxides yearly, equal to 30 coal plants.
FAU lands EPA grant to monitor water quality in Lake Okeechobee
The project will focus on understanding how common contaminants change after being released into freshwater environments.
The EPA’s big beautiful falsehoods
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rescind the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health.
4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding that underpins US climate policies
The Energy Department and EPA seem to have run afoul of laws that may be tricky for the administration to ...
Extreme weather on the rise: Climate disasters bring financial and health burdens
Pollution from burning fossil fuels is warming the atmosphere at alarming rates and ratcheting up extreme weather.