Recognizing “there has been a deficit of trust” in the federal government among East Palestine residents in the aftermath of the Feb. 3 toxic train derailment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan returned to the eastern Ohio village on Feb. 28. Regan attended a roundtable with students and teachers at East Palestine High…

Norfolk Southern Railway has been ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct “all cleanup actions” associated with the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. “Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess that they created and the trauma that they inflicted on this community and…

Two days after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a roadmap on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works questioned the EPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Radhika Fox, about how her agency plans to address PFASs, which are still used in…

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Michael Regan as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which will play a central role in the Biden administration climate change agenda. The bipartisan tally in the Democratic-led Senate was 66-34 to confirm Regan. President Joe Biden’s executive orders has set goals to zero…