Environmental Protection Agency

June 05June 05
Biden administration announces clean hydrogen goal to slash planet-warming pollution by 10% by 2050
- National
- News
The Biden administration on Monday announced a goal to produce 50 million metric tons of clean hydrogen fuel by 2050 – an ambitious roadmap that, if successful, would cut around 10% of the country’s planet-warming pollution by the same date.

Pristine Villarreal
April 19April 19
House fails to override Biden’s veto of resolution to overturn EPA water rule
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- News
The House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency water rule.

Pristine Villarreal
April 17April 17
The oil and gas industry is emitting way more of this potent, planet-warming gas than the EPA has estimated, study shows
- National
- News
Planet-warming methane pollution from the US oil and gas industry was 70% higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s own estimates between 2010 and 2019, scientists reported Monday.

Ceci Partridge
March 15March 15
A 5,000-mile-wide blob of seaweed is headed for Florida, threatening tourism across the Caribbean
- National
- News
A gargantuan mass of seaweed that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and potentially dangerous heaps across beaches and put a big damper on tourist season.

Pristine Villarreal
March 15March 15
Blueberries have joined green beans in this year’s Dirty Dozen list
Blueberries, beloved by nutritionists for their anti-inflammatory properties, have joined fiber-rich green beans in this year’s Dirty Dozen of nonorganic produce with the most pesticides, according to the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental health organization.

Pristine Villarreal
September 02September 02
It’s been 5 days without reliable tap water for Jackson, Mississippi. Here’s what we know about the latest repairs — and how people are coping
- National
The EPA and the city entered into an agreement last year to address “long-term challenges and make needed improvements to the drinking water system.”

Ceci Partridge
March 09March 09
Here’s a list of disinfectants you can use against coronavirus
- Entertainment
(CNN) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is arming consumers with a list of disinfectants that people can use to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus. The federal agency released a five-page list of chemicals and products Thursday that it says are strong enough to ward off “harder-to-kill” viruses than SARS-CoV-2, the virus that’s responsible for the disease. […]
January 23January 23
EPA weakens protections for streams and wetlands
- National
The Trump administration is removing some federal water protections, siding with requests from industry and farm groups over the advice of environmental experts and its own scientific advisers. The Environmental Protection Agency says it’s rolling back unnecessary government regulation, but environmental groups, which are expected to challenge the plan in court, fear the changes will […]

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