Environment

Agreement Requires Baltimore City to Address Sanitary Sewer Overflows

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment announced that a revised amended consent decree to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in the City of Baltimore was filed in federal court in Baltimore, on...

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South Asia Floods: At Least 5.9 Million Acres of Cropland Destroyed as Floodwaters Begin to Recede

As floodwaters begin to retreat in many of the worst-affected parts of South Asia, farmers are counting the massive cost of the flooding disaster, which has destroyed more than 5.9 million acres of cropland across India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

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EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waiver for Florida

In response to Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has approved an emergency fuel waiver request from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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Forecasters Call Hurricane Irma 'Potentially Catastrophic'

The Caribbean and southern Florida are in the path of what forecasters are calling a "potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane."

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