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Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants

The EPA has just dropped the mother of all deregulations. In minutes (two, to be specific), Trump's hand-picked administrator of the department announced sweeping changes that critics are calling "the most disastrous day in EPA history." Gone is the original mission of the EPA—that is, protecting the health of the…

Trump ally Lee Zeldin says Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate 31 protections for air and water pollution.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs

The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers

A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account

The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community