Epa

In an effort to forge closer ties with regulated sectors of the economy, including the oil and natural gas industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revived a partnership program designed to foster dialogue on environmental issues.

House lawmakers last week postponed debate over an appropriations bill to fund the Department of Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the next fiscal year, but not until after Republican lawmakers successfully tacked on a pair of amendments targeting two controversial Obama-era rules.

Dozens of speakers representing environmental groups packed a list of speakers at a public hearing at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on Monday to take aim at the agency’s plans for a two-year stay of proposed rules governing new sources of methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry.

Thirteen days after ordering a 90-day stay over parts of proposed rules governing new sources of methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that it is considering extending the stay by two years.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially postponed the effective date of a rule designed to help prevent accidents and explosions at refineries and other industrial facilities.

Citing a report that Obama-era environmental enforcement against Devon Energy Corp. could be rolled back, a high-ranking Senate Democrat is once again questioning Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt over his ties to the Oklahoma City-based operator.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reportedly dismissed several members of a key scientific advisory panel, just weeks after lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a pair of bills designed to change how the agency conducts its research.

Less than three weeks after agreeing to stay a rule designed to help prevent accidents and explosions at refineries and other industrial facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed delaying the rule again — this time until February 2019.

An internal memo between officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing a clearer picture of how the agency plans to handle a $2.6 billion cut in funding, which the Trump administration proposed last month.