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Environmental Protection Agency

EPA puts employees who spoke out against Trump on leave

  • Jul 4, 2025
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Trump begins mass layoffs across agencies, sources say

  • Feb 13, 2025
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Has a 'cabinet in waiting' lived up to its name?

  • Jan 18, 2025

Drones not tracking missing radioactive material in New Jersey: DEP

  • Dec 18, 2024

Reducing food waste is good for your budget and the planet

  • Oct 29, 2024

Facing the Facts: Environmental Justice | Watch full special

  • Apr 22, 2024

EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use after partial ban

  • Mar 18, 2024

New rules could cost NYC pizzerias a lot of dough

  • Jun 27, 2023

Latest Videos

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Drones were not tracking missing radioactive material in New Jersey

  • Dec 18, 2024
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EPA Chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals

  • Jul 5, 2018
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Scott Pruitt: Controversies surrounding the EPA administrator

  • Apr 6, 2018
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Environmental victories since the first Earth Day

  • May 9, 2017
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VIDEO: Colorado mine spill 3 times larger than believed, feds say

  • Aug 10, 2015
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VIDEO: EPA introduces interactive park bench

  • Apr 21, 2015

Latest Stories

EPA proposal means EVs could make up two-thirds of US new car sales by 2032

The tailpipe standards would also help cut planet-warming pollution from cars in half. Transportation accounts for nearly 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the US, according to the EPA.

  • Apr 13, 2023

Fed judge rules Willow Project can move forward as environmental groups' lawsuits proceed

A federal judge in Alaska has declined to block progress on the controversial Willow oil drilling project while lawsuits against the project proceed.

  • Apr 4, 2023

Struggling to breathe: Air quality injustices put neighbors in two local towns at risk

Across the tri-state metro area, people of color are 2.4 times as likely as white residents to live in neighborhoods with the highest respiratory risk from air pollution, according to a 6abc data analysis.

  • Feb 9, 2022

Earth Day 2021: Facts, history about first Earth Day

AccuWeather delves into the origins of the biggest annual environmentalist movement around the world.

  • Apr 22, 2021

More reporting and resources about environmental justice

A deep dive into the context, history and reporting on inequity in environmental risks as part of ABC Owned Television Stations' ongoing reporting about equity issues in our communities.

  • Apr 1, 2021