U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Un juez federal del este de Washington concedió una orden judicial preliminar en una demanda que involucra a más de diez productores lácteos del condado de Yakima.

(Runtime 1:33)A nonprofit organization, Friends of Toppenish Creek, is asking the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reopen a complaint against…

Ongoing Superfund cleanup work of radioactive and other contamination at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho has been successful at protecting humans and the environment, U.S. and state officials say. The five-year review by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality also said that potential exposures in areas that aren’t yet cleaned up are being controlled.

The EPA does not require companies to notify federal regulators if the pandemic interferes with pollution monitoring or reporting. That leaves states alone on the front lines of pollution control.

The chemicals, which are linked to health problems, have contaminated drinking water and soil in many parts of the United States. Critics say the EPA is not acting fast enough to limit them.