Environmental Protection Agency

Following an announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency bringing an end to regulations on multiple types of PFAS in drinking water, members of the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network are speaking out, warning the decision could threaten the safety and health of millions of people across the nation.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that toxic "forever chemicals" will now be federally regulated. WCMU's environmental reporter Teresa Homsi spoke with David Nicholas about what these new drinking water standards mean for Michigan.

The federal government is cracking down on toxic "forever chemicals" with new drinking water standards.

The U.S. EPA strengthened its soot air quality standard from 12 micrograms per liter to 9 micrograms. Members of the Great Lakes Business Network are happy with the rule.

Health and environmental groups are joining a Sierra Club lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrongly found that southeast Michigan now meets federal ozone standards.

U.S. Environmental Protection officials say today that trucks have resumed shipping contaminated materials away from where a train that carried toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

Michigan environmental groups are urging the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set substantially higher new clean vehicle standards. The EPA is expected to set new standards for cars and light trucks in March.

USEPA has enhanced its website to better reveal the process of determining risk assessments of new chemicals

Muskegon Lake is one step closer to being removed from the Environmental Protection Agency's list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern.

Federal lawmakers from Michigan are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to speed up its review of permits requested by General Motors.