environmental regulations

A proposed amendment would allow denser housing development in the area surrounding Big Darby Creek. Officials from local governments argue that the changes may lead to environmental issues.

Coal companies want a relaxation of coal ash standards, and wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency to request one. Lee Zeldin, the head of the EPA, may give it to them. Opponents say the move would wreak havoc on human health and water sources.

Scott Pruitt, who sued the Environmental Protection Agency over a dozen times while he was attorney general of Oklahoma, is now the director of EPA.…