Tag: US Environmental Protection Agency
Fines for breaking US pollution laws can vary widely among states...
Jerry Anderson, Drake University
It’s expensive to pollute the water in Colorado. The state’s median fine for companies caught...
Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated...
Which wetlands should receive federal protection? The Supreme Court revisits a...
Albert C. Lin, University of California, Davis
The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new session on Oct. 3, 2022,...
The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers’ weed problems –...
Bart Elmore, The Ohio State University
In October 2021 I was a guest on a popular podcast to discuss...
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
On environmental protection, Biden’s election will mean a 180-degree turn from...
Janet McCabe, Indiana University
The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as an all-out assault on the nation’s environmental...
Why California is banning chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide: 5 questions answered
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
Editor’s note: California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental...
EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Trump administration is working to weaken U.S. environmental regulations in many areas, from water and air pollution to energy development and...