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How Volkswagen Diesel Engines Cheated the EPA for Years

Common car software was key to giving the illusion VW cars were running clean.

ByPeter Rugg
Knowledge is power

The EPA rejects the science, endangers public health, and ignores the law!

By keeping an outdated fine particle air pollution standard, the EPA is enabling pollution that causes premature death..

ByH. Christopher Frey
Innovation

Tesla Model S range: EPA responds to Elon Musk's bad test claims

The Environmental Protection Agency has responded to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who declared the Model S can travel for 400 miles.

ByMike Brown
Science

Cancer cases blamed on drinking water contaminants, even at EPA’s “safe” levels

Don't freak out, though.

ByPeter Hess
Health

Air Pollution's Effect on Life Expectancy Points to a Flaw in EPA Standards

The EPA's current standards may not be enough.

ByEmma Betuel
Science

2 Top US Health Organizations Are Filing a Lawsuit Against Trump's EPA

A new rule "will allow for an extraordinary amount of pollution."

BySarah Sloat
Science

Andrew Wheeler: EPA Nominee Doesn't Think Climate Change Is "Great Crisis"

"I would not call it the greatest crisis, no sir."

BySarah Sloat
Science

Trump's EPA Plans to Eliminate Obama-Era Rule to Protect Drinking Water

"You need to protect wetlands if you want to have clean water.”

BySarah Sloat
Culture

As Andrew Wheeler Takes Over EPA, Questions Persist on Coal "Action Plan"

Murray Energy claims the EPA is already carrying out its plan.

ByMary von Aue
Culture

Just 18 Reasons Why Scott Pruitt Might Have Quit as EPA Chief

Trust us, there were some that hit the cutting room floor.

ByBen Goggin
Science

EPA Set to Release Swarms of 'Killer' Lab-Grown Mosquitos on U.S.

Relax, it's a good thing.

ByYasmin Tayag
Culture

EPA Confirms 13 Toxic Waste 'Superfund' Sites in Texas Have Flooded

Toxic chemicals could spread through nearby communities.

ByGrace Lisa Scott
Science

Environmentalists Sue EPA's Scott Pruitt To Make Him Do His Job

He won't enforce anti-pollution rules unless a judge forces him.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

The EPA Moves to Let Power Plants Dump Poison in the Water

Scott Pruitt wants to delay Obama-era limits on heavy metals like lead and arsenic in wastewater.

ByRafi Letzter
Culture

The Scary Effects of Chlorpyrifos, a Chemical Approved by the EPA

It's highly toxic and used in pesticides across the U.S.

ByGrace Lisa Scott
Culture

The EPA is Axing 9 Scientists to Make Way for Industry

Half the members of a major review board were dismissed on Friday.

ByGrace Lisa Scott
Culture

Rumors of EPA Website Shutdown Create a Micro-Panic

The website is safe -- for now.

ByMonica Hunter-Hart
Science

Trump Wants to Axe the EPA Department that Caught the VW Scandal

ByMike Brown
Science

Pollution Won't Kill You, Says Climate Skeptic Conference

Some fresh spin from the Heartland Institute.

ByCory Scarola
Science

Trump's 5 EPA Cuts You Need to Know About

The President's blueprint to "make America great" slashes about 30 percent of the EPA.

ByTanya Basu
Science

Car Jobs Will Be Lost to Robots, Not the EPA Rules Trump Hates

ByMike Brown
Science

Car Makers Want Trump's EPA to Overturn Obama-Era Emission Rules

ByMike Brown
Science

Citizen Lawsuits Will Hinder Any Slash and Burn of the EPA

The power is yours.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Culture

Sorry, Rep. Don Beyer Only Has One 'Keep the EPA Great' Hat

Trump is new, but this committee is not.

ByGabe Bergado
Culture

Who Was Anne Gorsuch Burford? Neil Gorsuch's Mom Was the First Female EPA Head

And she wasn't a very good one.

ByCory Scarola
Science

Trump Demands His Staff Review EPA Reports Before Public Release

It's the latest in a series of actions that target the EPA and scientists who work to combat climate change.

ByKastalia Medrano
Science

Trump's War on the EPA Is Right-Wing Canadian Fan Fic

Stephen Harper hated regulation too and that did not end well.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

EPA: Our Carbon Emission Law Is Easy to Meet, So Stop Whining

ByDyani Sabin
Science

5 Reasons Why Scott Pruitt Makes the EPA's Career Scientists Nervous

The fox will watch the henhouse.

ByNathaniel Mott
Science

Three Climate Change Denials by Scott Pruitt, Trump's EPA Pick 

He's going to make waves.

ByTonya Riley