Agri-Pulse

EPA takes step toward potentially regulating more CAFOs

The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a study on the water quality impacts of large animal feeding operations before deciding whether to tighten rules for them. In a plan released Friday ...
E&E

EPA study finds no ‘widespread’ impact on drinking water

Hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking water but has not caused “widespread” impacts, U.S. EPA found in a highly anticipated study released today. Hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

EPA study shows occupancy sensors reduce energy waste, demand

Occupancy sensors can reduce energy waste by as much as 68% and increasing energy savings by as much as 60%, according to a new study conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The study, ...
Transport Topics

EPA IG Finds Study Critical of Glider Emissions Was Properly Conducted

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General audit has given a 2017 agency study critical of glider truck emissions a ...
E&E

EPA study rebuked in escalating clash over soot standards

EPA’s preliminary findings on an air pollution standard with widespread public health implications are being bluntly rejected by most members of a key advisory panel. EPA’s preliminary findings on an ...
PBS

The EPA is rejecting calls for tougher regulation of large livestock farms, promises more study

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration Tuesday rejected pleas to strengthen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways, ...