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Some communities of color bore the brunt of health effects from chemical runoff or other pollutants – a symptom of environmental racism. Risk and behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty explains how environmental racism could be addressed in the Biden administration and how those solutions are a setup for the broader fight against climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to phase down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners

Here’s everything you need to know about composting at home.

A federal judge has blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the Environmental Protection Agency may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health

A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years

Around the country, people rely on these piles of snow for their water supply. What is snowpack, and how else does it impact you? NBC10’s Steve Sosna explains.

President-elect Joe Biden says the United States needs a unified, national response to dealing with climate change just as it has for COVID-19

The North Carolina regulator negotiated what the state calls the largest cleanup agreement for toxic coal energy. Here are five things to know about Michael Regan.

Officials say Flint is making progress toward resolving the lead contamination crisis that made the Michigan city a symbol of poor drinking water

The Trump administration is drawing criticism for an election-year push to portray itself as a champion of a cleaner environment in disadvantaged communities

A mining company’s plan to dig outside the federal wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp is taking a big step forward because of the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental rules

Carbonated water seemed to be particularly affected.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a request from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration to allow the state, not tribal nations, to regulate environmental issues in Indian Country.

A senior administration official says President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management

Six former leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trump’s regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term

The Environmental Protection Agency identified two disinfectant sprays that have proved effective in killing the coronavirus on surfaces.

Investigators in a report obtained by The Associated Press say a senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency

The Trump administration is gutting an Obama-era rule that compelled coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury and other human health hazards

The Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era mileage standards marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks

The Trump administration says it will forgo a sweeping range of public health and environmental enforcement during the coronavirus outbreak.