Republicans used to criticize “sue and settle” tactics for changing federal policy outside of the democratic process, but the Trump administration is taking the practice to a new extreme. President Donald Trump “settled” his own…

“Busy as a beaver!” I chirp to my grandchildren, Lucas and Sofia. They indulge us grandparents when we show them the fresh shavings of a sawed-off tree on the shores of Lake Lehigh. And then…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on…

Since my son was old enough to sit on his own, he loved to play in the dirt. When he was a toddler and we lived in New Mexico, we could sit him in our…

President Donald Trump is coming at climate policy with the ferocity of a wildfire.  He has ridiculed regulations on carbon emissions and gutted agencies designed to carry them out.  His Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Lee…

A new federal rule will require water utilities across the country to pull millions of lead drinking water pipes out of the ground and replace them, at a cost of billions of dollars. States, cities…

USD 257 welcomed officials from the Environmental Protection Agency who presented a $690,000 ceremonial check Thursday for the purchase of two electric buses and a charging station.  School board members in June approved an EPA…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker cleanup of the…