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Oct 23, 2024 · Read commentary-style articles authored by EPA employees and senior leaders that share insights on environmental topics, EPA research, community impacts from EPA initiatives and funding.
EPA hails 'revitalized' enforcement efforts as Biden administration ...
1 day ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency enhanced enforcement efforts this year, doubling financial penalties issued to polluters and issuing the first-ever arrest for a climate change-related crime, the agency said in a report Thursday.. The EPA said it concluded more than 1,850 civil cases, a 3.4% increase over 2023, and charged 121 criminal defendants, …
EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect …
3 days ago · WASHINGTON – Today, Dec. 4, . the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized amendments to the regulations that govern the Agency’s review of new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure that new per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals with potential for human …
EPA Hails 'Revitalized' Enforcement Efforts as Biden Administration ...
1 day ago · The Environmental Protection Agency says it concluded more than 1,800 civil cases this year, a 3% increase over 2023, and charged 120 criminal defendants, a 17.6% increase over the previous year
EPA hails 'revitalized' enforcement efforts as Biden ... - Yahoo
1 day ago · The Environmental Protection Agency enhanced enforcement efforts this year, doubling financial penalties issued to polluters and issuing the first-ever arrest for a climate change-related crime ...
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New EPA rules would force plants to capture emissions, shut down | AP News
Apr 25, 2024 · Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that's “pushing our planet to the brink.”
Biden EPA to charge ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas ...
Nov 12, 2024 · As outlined by the EPA, excess methane produced in 2024 could result in a fee of $900 per ton, with fees rising to $1,200 per ton in 2025 and $1,500 per ton by 2026. Industry groups are likely to challenge the rule, including any effort to impose a retroactive fee.
EPA proposes emissions caps on existing power plants in ... - NBC News
May 11, 2023 · The EPA estimated that its proposal would avoid up to 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, equivalent to reducing the annual emissions of about half the cars in the U.S.
EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions and …
WASHINGTON — Today, Nov. 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. The rule facilitates implementation of Congress’s directive in the Inflation Reduction Act to collect a Waste Emissions Charge to better ensure valuable natural gas reaches the market rather ...
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