EPA

The opportunity for public comment on the Ohio air nuisance rule change will close on June 29.

Freepoint Eco-Systems in Hebron is set to suspend operations after receiving five violations from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency alongside concerns raised by community members.

Fewer employees, reduced Superfund site cleanup and truncated regulation enforcement are some of the ways the U.S. EPA is keeping afloat during the lapse in federal funds.

The U.S. EPA under President Trump paused the Biden-era requirements for two years.

Federal cuts have reduced the workforce in U.S. EPA Region 5 by as much as 20%, according to advocates, leaving fewer resources for environmental monitoring and programming for an already bare-bones organization.

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.

Yes, according to a cost-benefit analysis from Scioto Analysis. It found replacing lead lines would ultimately save the state up to $185 billion dollars over the next 15 years.

An emergency response plane is typically ready to deploy from Texas within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster.

New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency require them to reduce 90% of climate-change causing emissions by 2039, which will affect the four coal burning power plants in Ohio.

The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio.