The resulting conflict is playing out in courtrooms, statehouses and regulatory agencies across the country. It’s grounded in constitutional questions of federal preemption, the commerce clause and ...

Ohio’s newly passed budget bill included an amendment that seeks to remove an air nuisance rule that let residents sue ...

Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, the union representing 8,000 EPA ...

To combat the onslaught of litigation, Bayer has been pushing legislation in nine states, that would shield the company from ...

A possible settlement agreement between the Trump administration and the Pebble copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska did not pan out, according to a recent filing in a federal court by Pebble ...

On June 24, the city released initial air quality test results. But the analysis was flawed, some experts said.

Appropriations bill rider would prevent EPA from improving warning labels on dangerous pesticides, as industry pushes to shield manufacturers from health-related lawsuits ...

By Clay Masters Even in retirement from a hydrology career, Paul Wotzka keeps tabs on soil layers in southeastern Minnesota’s bluff country. “We have a groundwater sensitive parameter down here,” ...

Good afternoon and happy Tuesday, readers! The August recess might be approaching, but that doesn’t mean news in D.C. is slowing down anytime soon. Permitting reform is back on the docket, with the ...

The board of commissioners in Lincoln County last week petitioned the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for a more permissive water quality standard at the U.S.-Canada border, where the ...

Crime in Oakland is down over 30 percent this week compared to the same week in July last year, the city's Police Department said Monday.