EPA

Getting started can feel like an insurmountable challenge. But the more you act, the better you’ll get at it — and the more of a difference you’ll make.

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration accountable.”

Better accounting can go a long way in establishing sound policy to tackle the climate crisis.

The health risks from tiny airborne particulate matter may soon face stricter federal regulation. But improving air quality remains a complex challenge.

Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.

Residents of northeastern Oklahoma still suffer from the toxic fallout of shuttered mines. 

Experts say the new administration can jumpstart climate protections by taking on rising methane emissions, but it won’t be easy or quick.

The Biden administration must focus on science and enforcement, reverse Trump deregulation efforts and reenergize EPA employment.

The EPA allowed polluters to stop monitoring or even preventing their emissions, and many states followed suit. Here’s what happened — and how to fix it.