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Kentucky coal ash is contaminating groundwater, but companies argue they’re in compliance

In a major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered an Ohio utility to stop dumping dangerous coal ash into unlined storage ponds and speed cleanup of the site

A local activist went before a judge, arguing for lower pollution limits on two new liquified natural gas facilities. The judge sided with him, but the state environmental agency sided with the companies.

Sackett v. EPA could roll back protections for more than 50 percent of the nation’s wetlands

Manchin cut a deal to boost oil and gas drilling in exchange for his support for climate change funding

Federal regulators have canceled a policy that weakened their authority to designate places where animals and plants could receive government protection

Giant sequoias — thousand-year-old trees as large as 275 feet tall — came under threat this month from wildfires raging in central California’s Yosemite National Park, though firefighters have reported the blaze was contained before it encroached on trees in the park’s famous Mariposa Grove.

A narrow escape for a national treasure fuels debate in Congress about how to reduce wildfires in Yosemite and other federal lands.

US wildlife agency agrees to review protection for habitats after conservationists sue over mass die-offs from poor water quality

Outdated zoning codes are fueling the sprawl of e-commerce warehouses

In 2020, Florida became just the third state — and the first in decades — to take over management of a key federal Clean Water Act program. Now, state rather than federal officials decide whether companies can dredge and fill wetlands and waterways for projects ranging from mining to housing…