Since my son was old enough to sit on his own, he loved to play in the dirt. When he was a toddler and we lived in New Mexico, we could sit him in our…

President Donald Trump is coming at climate policy with the ferocity of a wildfire.  He has ridiculed regulations on carbon emissions and gutted agencies designed to carry them out.  His Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Lee…

A new federal rule will require water utilities across the country to pull millions of lead drinking water pipes out of the ground and replace them, at a cost of billions of dollars. States, cities…

USD 257 welcomed officials from the Environmental Protection Agency who presented a $690,000 ceremonial check Thursday for the purchase of two electric buses and a charging station.  School board members in June approved an EPA…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker cleanup of the…

Iola’s school board members want a couple weeks to consider whether to upgrade to electric buses.  If they can actually buy one, though, will be a matter of chance. Aaron Cole, transportation director, asked the…

Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them. The rule would…

SEATTLE — Washington firefighters now have more planning time and a longer season to ignite the controlled burns they use to prevent massive wildfires threatening landscapes and homes and blanketing the state in choking smoke.…