President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

What to expect: deregulation justified as boosts for the economy, and platitudes about the importance of clean air and water.

Zeldin is just one part of the bigger vision of “Make America Great Again,” which in reality is a return to the days of ...

With a Republican majority in Congress and Zeldin promising to “deregulate” the EPA, the new Trump administration will ...

As President-elect Donald Trump names his cabinet picks, environmental groups are concerned over who he's chosen to regulate ...

The program “has a huge target on its back,” said a former agency official. Billions of dollars are at stake as are ...

Long Island leaders say they're hopeful that Donald Trump's pick for head of the EPA​, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, will in fact ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have a typical origin story. Congress did not create it by enacting a statute; President Richard Nixon created it by presidential edict.

Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency regulates air pollution. Similarly, the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act aim to ensure that pollutants at treatment plants ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world’s largest aquaculture companies for violations of the Clean Water Act in Maine.

Nov. 14, 2024 — A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up ... Breakthrough in ...