But the state must seek a waiver from the EPA. The EPA granted two waivers for two regulations approved by the California Air Resources Board: The Advanced Clean Cars II rule, adopted in 2022 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at Howard University, April 25, 2024, in ...

Winners have emerged in the ongoing 2024 oil licensing bid round holding in the Eko Hotel, Lagos. In the PPL 269 bid, Petroli Energy Marketing and Supply Limited outbid Afagaf Company Limited to ...

Back in 2002, as Peter Leathem contemplated leaving his City law firm job for a new role as head of legal and business affairs at PPL, his wife – also a lawyer – warned him that not everybody in the ...

EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals, marking a critical step in protecting public health and the environment after decades of harm. • The EPA permanently bans TCE and PCE, chemicals linked to cancer ...

It was clear that rolling back regulations was an agenda item for the new administration. But even more troubling was the denial of science. Imagine being EPA’s head scientist and having science ...

Although perc primarily poses dangers to people working in dry cleaning or other industries that use the chemical, people who live above or near these facilities may be at risk of: The EPA's new ...

“Having separate laws and agencies to protect work (OSHA) and non-work (EPA) environments under-protects workers. The Toxic Substances Control Act finally changed that,” David ...

“It’s simply unacceptable to continue to allow cancer-causing chemicals to be used for things like glue, dry cleaning or stain removers when safer alternatives exist,” Michal Freedhoff, assistant ...

Under the final rules, the EPA has banned all use of a chemical called trichloroethylene, which is known to cause liver cancer, kidney cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, damage to the central ...

The EPA is banning all uses of this chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The agency also banned all consumer uses of Perc, which is less harmful than TCE but can still cause liver ...