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US Environmental Protection Agency

May 2026

  • The sun rises behind a Salton Sea geothermal plant with a smokestack emitting dark smoke against an orange sky.

    Trump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says

    Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research finds

April 2026

  • a man in a suit speaks while seated at a table

    Democrats say EPA head’s budget cut proposal ‘reads like climate change deniers’ manifesto’

    Lee Zeldin claims before Senate that Trump administration plan will make Environmental Protection Agency ‘more efficient’
  • people hold signs that read 'no liability protection from pesticides' and 'stop poisoning us'

    US supreme court weighs blocking lawsuits against Roundup makers alleging weedkiller causes cancer

    Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studies
    • Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns

    • Democracy, climate and justice
      Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’

    • EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

March 2026

  • a composite image showing a flag for the Environmental Protection Agency on the left and a baby shark preserved in a jar of formaldehyde on the right

    Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show

  • a man speaks into a microphone at a lectern

    US public health groups urge firing of EPA boss Zeldin, saying he ‘brazenly betrayed’ agency

  • Smoke rises from Miami Fort Power Station stacks along the Ohio River

    US states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding

  • bison are seen grazing land in the early morning hours

    Our unequal earth
    Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

  • Republican farm bill criticized as agribusiness giveaway: ‘Pesticide industry wishlist’

  • Democracy, climate and justice
    How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits

February 2026

  • large amount of smoke rises in air below fire outside

    Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters

  • a coal plant by a house

    Most US coal plants could meet air pollution rules. Trump weakened them anyway

  • a composite image showing a man's face and emissions rising from a smokestack

    Democracy, climate and justice
    How Trump’s big climate finding repeal could actually hurt big oil

  • cars on sale

    Democracy, climate and justice
    Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices

  • Democratic senators launch inquiry into EPA’s repeal of key air pollution enforcement measure

  • US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics

January 2026

  • Illustration of men and climate crisis

    How Trump’s EPA rollbacks could harm our air and water – and worsen global heating

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency placard.

    Health groups sue EPA over insecticide that causes testicular damage in rats

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