RALEIGH — N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is continuing the fight to keep Obama-era environmental laws in place. Stein recently joined 18 other Democrat attorneys general in filing comments calling the Trump administration’s proposal […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency is close to announcing a new policy that would stop it from relying on scientific research underpinned by confidential data in its rulemaking, according to two sources familiar […]
RALEIGH — A scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Friday that certain perfluorinated compounds are used in the production of solar panels. In response to a request from the North State Journal, EPA […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has tapped Donald van der Vaart, N.C.’s former environment secretary, to the federal agency’s Scientific Advisory Board. Once considered a contender to lead EPA, van der Vaart served […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Automaker trade groups told regulators they should revise fuel efficiency mandates approved in the final weeks of the Obama administration because the costs would be onerous and the standards do not reflect […]
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday he would sign a proposed rule on Tuesday to begin withdrawing from the Clean Power Plan, former President Barack Obama’s centerpiece […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina is no longer among the states suing the federal government over a series of far-reaching environmental regulations. The Clean Power Plan, set up by the Environmental Protection Agency under Barack Obama […]
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