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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced plans to roll back environmental regulations, including for the oil and gas industry. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this ...

Some of the first environmental laws passed in Pan Amazon countries established national protected area systems and the entities that would manage them. Environmental Impact Assessments have played an ...

In a rare show of unity on May 29, 2025, The U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled 8-0 in favor of limiting the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The court recognized that despite many ...

Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, was in Woodbury on Friday, speaking with local leaders at a Long Island Association breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club. The ...

These laws are taking a beating at the moment, including from the Environmental Protection Agency—the federal government agency created in 1970 to protect the environment. The agency's own leader, Lee ...