The Latest Breaking News from Michael S Regan

The recent announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the federal government plans to strengthen the nation’s air quality standards for deadly fine particle pollution, or soot, is, to some degree, a sign of progress. The Trump administration, after all, ignored the science and refused to update these life-saving…

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

The EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution

WASHINGTON — Since February, when the Supreme Court held oral arguments in a case challenging the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants, environmental lawyers and climate activists braced for a ruling that tattooed a deep, restrictive swath into the agency’s ability to curb emissions.

The Supreme Court ruling limited the EPA’s authority to rein in emissions. But it left the agency some room to address climate change.

Democrats saw their climate action options dwindle Thursday as the Supreme Court diminished the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions.