We need your help to stop the destruction of mountains and streams in Appalachia from irresponsible coal mining. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has taken some positive initial steps to rein in destructive mountaintop removal mining, but even these insufficient actions have drawn fire from mining companies, coal-state governors and members of Congress beholden to industry [...]

Work began on an important phase on a big superfund cleanup in Camden with federal stimulus dollars, but there are no guarantees there will be enough money to finish the job.

In celebration of American Wetlands Month, EPA has created a new countdown widget, which can easily be shared and embedded on your Web site(s). The widget automatically counts down the days left before May 1st, the official start of American Wetlands Month. Once May 1st comes, the widget changes to say “May is American Wetlands [...]

The EPA says it will expand its investigation into lead contamination at a superfund site along the Raritan bay.

From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 6, 2010, abbreviated. On Dec 30, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted its comments on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DSGEIS), which was prepared by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to develop natural gas from [...]

From NRDC: As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempts to end decades of delay in regulating coal ash disposal, the coal-fired power industry is mounting a major lobbying effort targeting the White House to weaken this much-needed rule even before it is released for public comment.  Some see this as the first real test [...]

When Obama and the Democrats won big in 2008, the conservation movement emerged from the dark ages of the Bush Era with high hopes for a policy renaissance. Now that 2009 has passed, we consult with 6 leading conservation groups about their view of the past year. Each organization gave us input on what they [...]

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has told the state that “essential environmental protection measures” must be taken before allowing The Chesapeake Energy Corporation to drill for gas within the 2,000- square-mile Catskills watershed that provides drinking water to millions of NYC residents.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has been petitioned to stop New Jersey from implementing its Licensed Site Remediation Professional program, which was approved by the legislature and governor earlier this year to let private engineers oversee the long-delayed cleanups of more than 20,000 toxic sites.