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The provision, introduced as part of a government spending bill unveiled Monday, would bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing the findings from a January risk assessment, which found that the sludge contains dangerous amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( ...

In June, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued the EPA on behalf of a group of farmers, ranchers, and green groups “for failing to perform its nondiscretionary duty to identify and regulate toxic pollutants in sewage sludge” used as fertilizer. In ...

Pesticides used on crops in the United States are increasingly laced with “forever chemicals,” making it likely that they are being spread in common foods and waterways, according to a study published Wednesday. The study authors themselves have been critical of the EPA. Public ...

Recent technology breakthroughs have unlocked the potential production of many billions of barrels of Alaska’s high viscosity heavy oil, a development not yet accounted for in U.S. climate strategy. Federal intervention is needed now to keep this heavy oil carbon bomb in the ground. ...

A newly reported warning to the plastics industry and a complaint filed by an environmental nonprofit this week highlighted how companies and the U.S. government have endangered the public with “forever chemical” contamination. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ...