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A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)

East Palestine train derailment cleanup response prompts probe request

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A scientist working with a rat at a table in a laboratory. File photo credit: New Africa via Shutterstock.

Trump’s EPA just took a step toward ending all animal testing by 2035

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a presidential memo to the EPA on pollution control in vehicles, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump signs order to give consumers more options to fix their cars

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, testifies to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior, Environment and related agencies on the budget request for the EPA, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump administration will not set nationwide environmental requirements, Zeldin says

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Republicans ask EPA to consider abortion drug as contaminant in public water systems

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Environmental Protection Agency boss backs big budget cuts but Congress will get the final say

By Michael Phillis - Associated Press

The Mountaineer Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant near New Haven, W.Va., is seen across the Ohio River from Racine, Ohio, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump administration proposes gutting rules targeting coal plant ash that threatens groundwater

By Michael Phillis and Alexa St. John - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin speaks at EDSI Cables, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

By Jennifer McDermott and Ali Swenson - Associated Press

Exit New York Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

New Yorkers jumping on a bus to Florida

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

EPA plan would begin rolling back ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

An HSUS Animal Rescue Team member carries a beagle into the organization's care and rehabilitation center in Maryland on Thursday, July 21, 2022, after the organization removed the first 201 beagles as part of a transfer plan from Envigo RMS LLC facility in Cumberland, Va. The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal testing labs. The organization said it took away the remaining 312 dogs at the facility in Cumberland on Thursday, Sept. 1. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for the HSUS) **FILE**

EPA to end mammal testing by 2035, reviving Trump-era goal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett speaks to the crowd before California Gov. Gavin Newsom took the stage during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

Rep. Crockett defends herself after saying Republicans landed money from Epstein

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Time to end the EPA’s misguided ‘endangerment finding’ on greenhouse gases

By Collister Johnson

The Rockport Power Plant operates near a group of mobile homes Friday, April 11, 2025, in Rockport, Ind. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Trump EPA moves to roll back rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives

By Seth Borenstein, M.K. Wildeman, Melina Walling, Joshua A. Bickel and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘Everyone hates it’: EPA targets new technology that shuts off car engines at stoplights

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A woman records with a phone along the beach as a sign warns of contaminated water Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at Imperial Beach, Calif. Authorities say more than 6 million gallons (22 million liters) a day of raw sewage has been spilling into Mexico's Tijuana River since Monday night, and the waste is flowing north into Southern California waters. Swimmers and surfers are urged to stay out of the water at some San Diego County beaches. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Trump’s EPA ramps up pressure on Mexico to stop dumping sewage into U.S. waters

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

An HSUS Animal Rescue Team member carries a beagle into the organization's care and rehabilitation center in Maryland on Thursday, July 21, 2022, after the organization removed the first 201 beagles as part of a transfer plan from Envigo RMS LLC facility in Cumberland, Va. The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal testing labs. The organization said it took away the remaining 312 dogs at the facility in Cumberland on Thursday, Sept. 1. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for the HSUS) ** FILE **

Zeldin to pursue new ban on animal testing at EPA

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Breaking the electric vehicle mandate illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Good news, drivers: It’s the end of the road for the EV mandate

By Austin Gae and Jackson Moody

Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1, 2021. A federal appeals court has put Environmental Protection Agency regulations on hold Friday, May 26, 2023, aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the state's attorney general who called the proposal “unconstitutional overreach.” (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

EPA seeks to strike down ‘holy grail’ of climate change rules

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

EPA under Trump is lean and less green

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times