EPA Scales Back Limits on PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to maintain legally enforceable limits on the most-studied types of "forever" chemicals known as PFAS but would roll back standards established for four other types, including GenX. 

EPA 'Forever Chemicals' Guidance Highlights Areas Where More Research is Needed

US Environmental Protection Agency new interim guidance on best practices to dispose of and destroy so-called ‘forever' chemicals highlights several widely used technologies, but others, particularly those focused on destruction, need further study.

EPA Adds Microplastics to List of Contaminants for New Regulation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the tiny particles of plastic known as microplastics for the first time to its most recent draft list of contaminants that are candidates for future regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

EPA Rolls Back Pollutant Rules for Mercury and Air Toxins in Power Plant Emissions

Action by federal Environmental Protection Agency to revert to 2012 emissions rules for pollutants emitted from coal- and oil-fired plants is part of administration push to keep aging, less efficient US coal facilities operating. 

Groups Challenge EPA's Repeal of Endangerment Rule

A coalition of environmental and public health groups filed a petition in the federal appeals court in Washington challenging the US Environmental Protection Agency final rule that repealed the primary legal argument for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions as well as a rule to reduce emissions from vehicles manufactured after 2012.