The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is asking state fifth- and sixth-graders to participate in a contest ...

A review of funding to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace lead drinking water service lines found at least two, Texas and Florida, that used flawed data to gain allotments ...

The agency anticipates making awards once all legal, statutory, and administrative requirements are satisfied. Selectees will work with EPA over the coming months to finalize project plans before ...

The awards, which EPA announced on Oct. 29, went to projects in 27 states and territories. More than 20 of the selected projects, including several of the largest ones, would fund port ...

Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Contractors Luis Benitez, foreground, and Jose Diaz, background, clean up lead paint in a ...

"Too often our children, the most vulnerable residents of already overburdened communities, are the most profoundly impacted by the toxic legacy of lead-based paint," EPA Administrator Michael ...

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and ...

Washington — Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and ...

“This paint is 50 years old at this point,” said Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator of the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “In some cases, it’s even ...