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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 has awarded approximately $2.9 million to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to address nonpoint source pollution.

The U.S. State Department is advising its diplomats to sidestep questions from foreign governments about the Trump administration's stance on the Paris climate deal.

Following through with Administrator Pruitt’s commitment to eliminating the backlog of new chemical cases that were stuck in EPA’s review processes upon his confirmation, Administrator Pruitt is reporting that the backlog is eliminated.

An independent review into the cost of energy led by Professor Dieter Helm CBE will recommend ways to keep energy prices as low as possible as part of the Industrial Strategy, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced on August 6.

On August 7th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice of violation against S.H. Bell Co. for excessive manganese emissions from the company’s southeast Chicago facility.

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has anchored at the island of Lofoten in Northern Norway to join with climate activists at a youth camp of around 400 young people who oppose the Norwegian government’s oil drilling. For more than a week peaceful activists have protested in the Barents Sea against the Norwegian government’s aggressive search for oil in the fragile Arctic.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is declaring a ban on all outdoor open burning on the Yakama Reservation due to stagnant air conditions and elevated air pollution, effective noon, August 2, 2017 through Monday August 7, 2017 unless extended.

D.C. parents and the national Campaign for Lead Free Water (CLFW) are deeply disappointed in the D.C. Council’s decision to weaken a bill that would have protected children from lead-dispensing drinking water sources in public schools and related facilities. These facilities are riddled with lead pipes, lead bearing plumbing and lead-leaching water coolers used for drinking and cooking children’s meals.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with 2015 ozone designations, working with states to help areas with underlying technical issues, disputed designations, and/or insufficient information. This will help ensure that more Americans are living and working in areas that meet national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).

On July 31th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public hearing on a proposal to postpone indefinitely critical public health protections for cleaning up toxic water pollution from power plants. Community leaders and environmental groups are disgusted with the delay that keeps in place decades-old power plant wastewater standards that contain no specific limits on the amount of toxic pollutants such as arsenic, mercury, and lead that power plants are allowed to dump into our waters.