EPA repeals power-plant greenhouse-gas limits, setting up court fight
The EPA repealed Biden-era greenhouse-gas standards for fossil-fuel power plants, citing costs and grid flexibility as opponents prepare legal challenges.
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House Lists California Vessel-Emissions Resolutions for Possible Action
House materials list two CRA resolutions targeting EPA decisions on California vessel emissions, but the listing is not a vote and changes nothing immediately.
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EPA Seeks More Comments on Which Waters Get Clean Water Act Protection
A new EPA and Army Corps proposal asks how to define protected wetlands and streams after Sackett. Nothing changes now; comments are due October 9.
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EPA Draft Finds Solvent Risks in Specific Worker and Consumer Uses
EPA’s draft review finds inhalation risks in 19 worker-use scenarios and one consumer cleaner use, but it is not a ban, recall or immediate restriction.
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EPA Opens Review of New Glyphosate Research
EPA is reviewing newer glyphosate studies before a late-2026 health assessment, but current labels, registrations and food-residue limits remain unchanged.
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EPA Allows Some Air Permits Before Credits Are Secured
EPA guidance issued July 1 says authorities may issue certain construction permits in areas that miss national air-quality standards before required emission-reduction credits are secured, if enforceable conditions are included.
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D.C. Circuit says EPA improperly terminated billions in climate grants
A divided federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration likely violated federal law by terminating climate grants and seeking to recover money already distributed.
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EPA Proposes Removing Minimum Federal Public-Participation Rules for Minor-Source Permits
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to streamline permitting for minor pollution sources by eliminating minimum federal requirements for public participation, leaving states and localities to determine how their programs operate.
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DOJ proposes $26.8 million penalty and $40 million cleanup plan over Keystone Pipeline rupture
The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree over alleged Clean Water Act violations tied to the 2022 Keystone Pipeline rupture in Kansas.
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EPA proposes giving some water systems until 2031 to meet federal PFAS limits
The EPA’s proposal would preserve federal PFOA and PFOS limits while allowing eligible public drinking-water systems to request up to two additional years to comply.
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Federal environmental review requested after rare childhood cancer cases in Ladera Ranch
A federal prosecutor has asked the EPA to investigate possible environmental causes after families reported six Ladera Ranch children diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma.
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EPA proposal would let drinking-water systems seek two-year extension for PFOA and PFOS limits
The proposed federal rule would preserve the existing PFOA and PFOS limits while allowing eligible public water systems to request up to two additional years to comply.
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DOJ’s proposed Keystone settlement sets safeguards, comment deadline
A proposed DOJ settlement over the 2022 Kansas Keystone spill would require a $26.9 million penalty, about $40 million in safeguards and public comments by August 14.
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D.C. Circuit Says EPA Improperly Ended Clean-Energy Grants
A divided D.C. Circuit ruling favors nonprofit climate-finance groups, but the disputed funds remain unavailable while EPA weighs Supreme Court review.
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Proposed DOJ settlement targets Arkansas paper mill pollution
A proposed Domtar settlement would require a $1.5 million penalty and at least $2.6 million in pollution-control work. Court approval is pending.
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EPA Proposal Would Give States More Control Over Minor Air-Permit Input
A proposed EPA rule would let state and local agencies set public-input requirements for minor air permits. Comments are due Aug. 21 in docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212.
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Proposed Chemours PFAS Deal Would Fund Water Protection in 3 States
A proposed federal deal with Chemours would direct more than $450 million toward penalties, pollution controls and drinking-water protection near three-state facilities.
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EPA says some off-grid data centers may fall outside acid-rain rules
A July 16 EPA memo says fully islanded power plants serving private data centers generally may fall outside the Acid Rain Program, but other permits remain.
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EPA proposes two-year PFOA/PFOS compliance extension; comments due July 20
EPA proposes a two-year compliance extension for some drinking-water systems’ PFOA/PFOS MCLs, moving the deadline to April 26, 2031. Comments due July 20.