/tags/environmental-protection-agency Environmental Protection Agency en-US WLRN Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:17:48 GMT /environment/2024-02-27/florida-court-ruling-wetlands-permitting-case Pointing to permits in “regulatory limbo,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection asked a judge for a partial stay of a ruling in a legal battle about a 2020 decision that shifted permitting authority from the federal government to the state for projects that affect wetlands. Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:17:48 GMT /environment/2024-02-27/florida-court-ruling-wetlands-permitting-case Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /environment/2024-02-19/judge-florida-wetlands-permitting His ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Endangered Species Act shifts power away from the state. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:00:00 GMT /environment/2024-02-19/judge-florida-wetlands-permitting Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-07-20/time-bomb-lead-pipes-will-be-removed-but-first-water-utilities-have-to-find-them Health experts warn problems with these "underground poisonous straws" can strike suddenly, and states are getting cash to replace them. But no one knows how many lines exist or where they are. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:02:55 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-07-20/time-bomb-lead-pipes-will-be-removed-but-first-water-utilities-have-to-find-them Allison Kite /2022-07-05/new-limits-for-the-epa-abortion-access-in-florida-scotus-first-black-justice-and-her-time-in-south-florida The EPA loses some of its power to fight the climate crisis. Plus, how the legal back and forth on abortion access in Florida is playing out on the ground. And Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg remembers what it was like to debate Supre Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson back in their high school days. Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:13:00 GMT /2022-07-05/new-limits-for-the-epa-abortion-access-in-florida-scotus-first-black-justice-and-her-time-in-south-florida Caitie Muñoz, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2022-07-04/environmental-groups-plan-to-sue-the-army-corps-for-approving-construction-of-offshore-fish-farms The organizations say the federal agency failed to consider the impacts deep sea aquaculture would have on threatened and endangered species. Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:00:14 GMT /news/2022-07-04/environmental-groups-plan-to-sue-the-army-corps-for-approving-construction-of-offshore-fish-farms Talia Blake /news/2022-05-16/bipartisan-group-pushes-senate-to-confirm-environmental-prosecutor-to-key-epa-post Former colleagues say David Uhlmann will work to make sure Americans can breathe clean air and drink safe water. Mon, 16 May 2022 19:01:00 GMT /news/2022-05-16/bipartisan-group-pushes-senate-to-confirm-environmental-prosecutor-to-key-epa-post Carrie Johnson /news/2022-04-26/electrical-grid-operators-claim-new-rules-for-coal-ash-could-make-electricity-supplies-less-reliable Two of the nation’s grid operators are warning the Environmental Protection Agency that enforcement of coal ash regulations poses risks to the reliability of electrical service over a large part of the country. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:35:19 GMT /news/2022-04-26/electrical-grid-operators-claim-new-rules-for-coal-ash-could-make-electricity-supplies-less-reliable Amy Green /2022-01-12/in-orlando-a-mountain-of-coal-ash-evades-epa-rules-its-not-the-only-one Environmentalists want Biden's Environmental Protection Agency to aggressively regulate huge piles of toxic coal ash across the nation. The waste has polluted groundwater in 39 states. Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:15:05 GMT /2022-01-12/in-orlando-a-mountain-of-coal-ash-evades-epa-rules-its-not-the-only-one James Bruggers, Amy Green /2021-12-20/epa-announces-tighter-fuel-economy-standards-for-cars-and-trucks The EPA announced on Monday a plan that it says will yield $190 billion in net benefits by 2050. Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:56:11 GMT /2021-12-20/epa-announces-tighter-fuel-economy-standards-for-cars-and-trucks Alana Wise /news/2021-12-20/florida-conservation-groups-target-epa-over-manatee-deaths The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Save the Manatee Club filed a notice that is a precursor to suing the EPA. The notice said the EPA needs to start a process to reconsider whether water quality standards are adequate to protect manatees in the East Coast’s Indian River Lagoon, where many of the deaths have occurred. Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:33:18 GMT /news/2021-12-20/florida-conservation-groups-target-epa-over-manatee-deaths Jim Saunders / News Service of Florida