Lawmakers urge EPA to reject ‘radioactive roads’; Miami-Dade works to replace polluting septic tanks
At least 30 lawmakers urged the EPA to deny an application to use phosphogypsum as a test ingredient in road ...
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Florida agency fights plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions; NOAA increases predictions to ‘above-normal’ hurricane season
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is urging the EPA to drop proposed power-plant rules.
What the recent Supreme Court ruling could mean for US wetlands
The Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruling reinterprets the Clean Water Act, narrowing some of its protections.
Miami museum prepares for sea-level rise; fertilizer giant wants to test radioactive byproduct in roads
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is one of the most vulnerable properties in South Florida to storm surge and sea rise.
Mayday: Our water needs help
The Right to Clean Water amendment would create a fundamental right to clean and healthy waters in Florida.
Conservation groups slam Supreme Court ruling on wetland protections
Conservation groups say that the court's ruling puts up to 80% of U.S. wetlands at risk for pollution and development.
Federal regulations fail to contain methane emissions from landfills, a new report concludes
A leading source of U.S. climate pollution could be curbed with more gas-collection systems and better emissions monitoring, a new ...
EPA’s crackdown on power plant emissions is a big first step – but strong certification needed to ensure captured carbon stays put
The U.S. can’t afford to pin a large chunk of its climate strategy on carbon storage without proof.
What is carbon capture and storage? EPA’s new power plant standards proposal gives it a boost, but CCS is not a quick solution
In the past decade, power plant operators have had a rough time bringing CCS projects online in many parts of ...
Biden’s strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants
The proposed regulations attempt to thread the needle between meeting the Biden administration’s climate commitments and avoiding another court defeat