By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways throughout the nation. U.S.…
The Associated Press MOODY, Ala. (AP) - Federal environmental regulators say the cost of extinguishing a landfill fire that’s been burning since late November in Alabama’s St. Clair County is now at an estimated $2.8 million. The U.S. Environmental Protection…
The Associated Press MOODY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MATTHEW DALY and AARON MORRISON Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund…
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote Thursday,…
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency says sewage problems faced by residents of Alabama's Black Belt are "unacceptable." EPA Administrator Michael Regan got a firsthand look Saturday at homes in Lowndes County where malfunctioning…
