Tag: EPA
EPA watchdog to probe Jackson, Miss., water crisis
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves late last month declared a state of emergency for Jackson after torrential rains and flooding of the Pearl River overwhel [...]
US lawmakers ask about EPA, DOE monitoring of crypto mining emissions, energy consumption
Democratic legislators from both houses of the United States Congress have sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Energy Depar [...]
How to buy a carbon-conscious fund in wake of Supreme Court EPA ruling
The Supreme Court last week limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change — and t [...]
The Supreme Court’s big EPA case is a massive power grab by the justices, in West Virginia v. EPA
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency strikes down a federal environmental regulation of power plants that never took effect, that the B [...]
Supreme Court ruling limits EPA ability to regulate greenhouse gases
The US coal industry is in a long-term decline, and the recent Supreme Court ruling in the West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency case wo [...]
The Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA ruling on carbon dioxide emissions isn’t the only legal attack on the environment
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a decision that says the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to regulate carbon dioxi [...]
US lawmakers urge EPA to consider the potential benefits of crypto mining
A group of 14 United States senators and House representatives have signed a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency extolling what they believe [...]
Trump E.P.A. Chief ‘Endangered Public Safety’ by Ordering His Drivers to Speed
WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, while in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration, repeatedly pressured his federal se [...]
E.P.A. to Block Pebble Mine Project in Alaska
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday took a major legal step toward protecting Bristol Bay in Alaska, one of the world’s most valuable s [...]
Bitcoin miners rebut claims made by US Democratic legislators to EPA administrator
The Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) has responded to a letter sent to United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan by [...]
Michael Saylor and Jack Dorsey Among Bitcoin Heavyweights Defending Mining in Letter to EPA
Bitcoin mining sites are no different than data centers operated by mega-cap tech firms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, the author [...]
Climate action in the Biden administration depends on EPA
So far, President Biden’s legacy on climate change is pretty insubstantial. There’s time to change that if he can quickly make much better use of h [...]
US lawmakers sound alarm to EPA over environment concerns of crypto mining
United States House of Representatives member Jared Huffman and 12 other lawmakers have requested the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, assess [...]
EPA moves to ban asbestos after decades of failures
It is also the first time EPA has flexed its regulatory muscles under the revamped Toxic Substances Control Act, which Congress updated in 2016 to si [...]
EPA restores California waiver on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions
Though traditionally used for conventional pollutants, the Obama administration expanded that to cover greenhouse gases as well, including with a 201 [...]