Communities already facing pollution and failing infrastructure can become even more vulnerable when federal protections are ...

During a Monday press conference, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said unspecified PFAS announcements were on the way and noted ...

More than 37 million Americans drink water from systems that exceed limits on toxic "forever chemicals," according to USA TODAY's analysis of the first update of Environmental Protection Agency data ...

It’s not yet clear whether the order will also apply to regulations at the EPA under laws like the Clean Air Act, Clean Water ...

The Narragansett lab tackles emerging water pollution problems, including PFAS, microplastics, and toxic algal blooms.

Before President Nixon created the EPA in 1970, water and air pollution weren't federally regulated. The Trump administration is aiming to roll back environmental regulations and lay off EPA staff.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will reconsider the health impacts of fluoride in drinking water — taking what could be an initial step toward new national limits or a ban on the ...

Democrats focused most of their attention on the pick to lead EPA’s Office of General Counsel. The Trump administration’s pick to lead EPA’s water office seemed on track Wednesday to secure ...

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have announced they are launching a ...

One program that survived, though, was the EPA’s effort to monitor public drinking water systems for almost 30 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They’re part of a class of ...

One program that survived, though, was the EPA’s effort to monitor public drinking water systems for almost 30 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They’re part of a class of ...