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Illustration on news media lies by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why people do not and should not trust today’s legacy news media

By Michael McKenna

FILE - A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D., Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate former Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, putting a key Trump loyalist in line for the helm of a critical regulatory agency. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is seen on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Liberal justices question San Francisco in EPA fight over water pollution limits

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A copper water supply line, left, is shown connected to a water main after being installed for lead pipe, right, July 20, 2018, in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Biden sets a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safer

By Matthew Daly and Michael Phillis - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the members of his cabinet and first lady Jill Biden, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Biofuel blending volumes and deadlines illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

EPA’s 18-month blunder on biofuel blending volumes

By Rep. Randy Feenstra

The sign for the Environmental Protection Agency is shown in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Feds violate OSHA standards at thousands of government properties

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) new emissions regulations for semitrucks illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

EPA semitruck emissions regulations headed for unintended consequences

By Rep. Dan Newhouse and Todd Spencer

Steam billows from a coal-fired power plant Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Red states ask Supreme Court to halt EPA’s power-plant emissions rule

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, photo, scientist and study director Jennifer Molignano pipettes a sample of commercially available skin care product onto the surface of living human skin tissues while demonstrating an experiment created to evaluate the effects of exposing the product to skin tissues, at a MatTek Corporation lab, in Ashland, Mass. MatTek is a tissue engineering company that performs non-animal testing on cosmetics, skin care products and pharmaceuticals. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Congress pushing EPA to set new timeline for ending animal testing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Emissions rise from smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. The Supreme Court decided Thursday, June 27, 2024, that the EPA won't be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country. The EPA's "good neighbor" rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution.Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia challenged the rule, along with the steel industry and other groups. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

D.C. Circuit won’t pause EPA’s power plant emissions rule

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Supreme Court Police officers stand outside the U.S Supreme Court Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Supreme Court took a ‘bite out of the administrative state,’ experts say

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the sun sets, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Supreme Court rules in favor of red states challenging EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ pollution plan

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Whistleblower Robert Kroutil poses for a photo Monday, May 13, 2024, in Olathe, Kan. Kroutil, who worked supporting an EPA program to collect aerial data, is questioning the agency's efforts to collect data with a specialized airplane after a 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Motor vehicle traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia, March 31, 2021. Dozens of Republican attorneys general on Monday, May 13, 2024, took legal action against the Biden Administration and California over new emissions limits for trucks. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republican attorneys general sue Biden administration, California over rules on gas-powered trucks

By Margery A. Beck and Summer Ballentine - Associated Press

The Marshall Steam Station coal power plant operates on March 3, 2024, near Mooresville, N.C. A rule issued April 24, 2024, by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) **FILE**

West Virginia, 24 other states challenge EPA’s new power plant rules

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, the Kingston Fossil Plant stands near a waterway in Kingston, Tenn. The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law. The Environmental Protection Agency asked the Tennessee Valley Authority in a March 25, 2024 letter to redo several aspects of its environmental impact statement for converting the coal-burning Kingston Fossil Plant. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

U.S.’s largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant

By Travis Loller - Associated Press

EPA's tailpipe emissions rules and electric vehicles illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s EPA is giving China the win with emissions mandates

By Ellen R. Wald