SOLID WASTE: Lawmakers rally around industry recycling proposal
Lawmakers and industry advocates unveiled a sweeping legislative plan yesterday aimed at streamlining recycling systems nationwide.
E.P.A.’s Final Deregulatory Rush Runs Into Open Staff Resistance
With two months left of the Trump administration, career E.P.A. employees find themselves where they began, in a bureaucratic battle with the agency’s political leaders. But now, with the Biden administration on the horizon, they are emboldened to stymie Mr. Trump’s goals and to do so more openly.
California Eyeing Biden Resolution to Dozens of Trump Lawsuits
It’s no secret California and the Trump administration are often at odds—which many times has led to the courtroom. The Golden State has sued the president and his agencies 106 times over the past four years, more than any other state.
With President-elect Joe Biden (D) set to take over the White House in January, California is looking over its lingering cases.
Wheeler announces recycling goal: 50% by 2030
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler today called on the U.S. to recycle 50% of all materials by 2030.
During EPA's third annual America Recycles Summit, Wheeler insisted recycling was a core part of his agency's duty to protect the environment.
Experts distrust the tap, but prefer it to bottles
There could be lead in your tap water. There could be PFAS in your bottled water. Microplastics might be in both. Do you choose neurotoxic heavy metals or carcinogenic "forever chemicals"? That's the predicament facing Americans every time they take a drink of water