WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus, pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks closer to enactment in recent days despite the…
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Iola Elementary School could come in April, as the project nears the end of the planning stage and gets ready to be let for bids, with demolition and the…
Before EPA officials get their hands dirty cleaning up the site of a new elementary school, they want to talk it over with USD 257 administrators. “They consider this a very high profile project and…
NEW YORK William Ruckelshaus, the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency who later became a heroic figure for resisting President Richard Nixons attempts to cover up the Watergate scandal, has died. He was…
The comment period on an Environmental Protection Agency rule regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) ends this month, but farm state lawmakers and biofuels advocates continue to argue the rule isnt adequate. And they are…
WASHINGTON The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to make it easier for power companies to dispose of the toxic residues from burning coal, building on other steps the agency has already taken to…
A new plan released by the Trump Administration on Friday which was short on details, or an explanation of how it would work promises to restore the demand for ethanol that has been…
WASHINGTON The Trump administration has agreed to a new plan for boosting renewable fuels and offsetting waivers exempting oil refineries from mandates to use them, according to three people familiar with the matter who…
Two types of soil tests have been completed at the proposed site of a new elementary school at Kentucky and Monroe streets, though final results have not yet been released. The USD 257 school board…
The Trump administration has announced new regulations that will change how scientists test the safety of chemicals. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has ordered a total ban starting in 15 years of animal testing on products…