Environmental Protection Agency

Feds approved the state’s plan to regulate carbon capture projects.

Atrazine contamination is most widespread in the Midwest, but affected watersheds extend into Colorado and New Mexico.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to roll back federal coal ash cleanup rules, raising concerns about groundwater contamination at dozens of coal plants and waste dumps across the Mountain West.

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency missed a key deadline tied to a stricter national standard for soot pollution. The case could affect air quality protections across the Mountain West.

The Trump administration is returning to 2012 emission rules, which it says have cut mercury pollution by 90%. Environmentalists say that’s not enough.

Health and environmental advocates vow to fight it in court.

A delay on tougher wastewater treatment standards for coal-fired power plants saves operators money. But critics warn that these and other efforts to boost the coal industry are bad for business and public health.

State samplings found little to no fecal matter in Lonesome Lake. A few years ago, the feds found it to be 384 times above what the EPA deems safe for swimming.

Congress' budget proposal for the National Park Service rejects the major slashes requested by the Trump Administration last year.

The agency's 2024 methane rule would have required major reductions in methane emissions and other air pollution from the oil and gas industry. The agency wants to delay implementation for 18 months.