New Biden appointees join EPA’s ranks

Several of the recent hires are working on distributing the influx of about $60 billion from the infrastructure law.

By Kevin Bogardus | 05/26/2022 01:15 PM EDT

Clockwise from top left: Maggie Polachek, Alethea Harney, Gabriella Cascone and Marc Levitt have all recently started new jobs at EPA.LinkedIn

EPA is updating its legal strategies for addressing pollution and climate burdens in minority and low-income communities. EPA Administrator Michael Regan is shown.Francis Chung/E&E News

EPA rolls out new EJ legal toolkit

By Pamela King | 05/26/2022 01:15 PM EDT

Missouri residents are concerned about a new draft general permit that could relax requirements for coal ash ponds at facilities along regional waterways like the Mississippi River. The riverfront in St. Louis is shown.David Wilson/Flickr

Missouri coal ash slugfest tests Supreme Court precedent

By Pamela King, Hannah Northey | 05/26/2022 01:14 PM EDT

Missed grizzly bear ESA deadlines could bite feds

By Michael Doyle | 05/25/2022 01:48 PM EDT

Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson’s D.C. Circuit replacement

By Pamela King | 05/25/2022 01:46 PM EDT

Biden EPA deals major blow to Pebble mine

By Jael Holzman, Ariel Wittenberg, Hannah Northey | 05/25/2022 01:44 PM EDT

EPA advances on Pebble mine veto

By Jael Holzman, Ariel Wittenberg | 05/25/2022 08:54 AM EDT

Feds propose listing Russian sturgeon, a fish now in a war zone

By Michael Doyle | 05/24/2022 01:29 PM EDT

NOAA predicts ‘above-normal’ year for hurricanes

By Rob Hotakainen | 05/24/2022 01:28 PM EDT

A "Keep Out" sign is placed at the entrance at the former Baker Perkins manufacturing site in Saginaw, Mich., in 2015.

PFAS pose ‘watershed’ moment for Superfund liability

By E.A. Crunden, Hannah Northey | 05/24/2022 01:27 PM EDT

Bernhardt and Zinke inquiries highlight limits of IG reach

By Michael Doyle | 05/23/2022 01:23 PM EDT

No ‘simple fix’: White House charts progress on EJ agenda

By Kelsey Brugger | 05/23/2022 01:22 PM EDT

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