News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Comer & Thompson Lead Letter to GAO Regarding Foreign Investments in U.S. Farmland

Comer & McCaul Press Blinken on China Detaining U.S. Diplomats in COVID Quarantine Camps

Comer, Foxx Press Cardona on Cancel Culture at Liberal Universities

Cloud, Comer, Oversight Republicans Press DOJ on Cyberattacks Against Christian Websites

EPA Proposes Early Mitigation to Help Protect Endangered Species from Methomyl

EPA Updates Aquatic Life Benchmarks for Registered Pesticides and Antimicrobial Chemicals

EPA Responds to Treated Seed Petition

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s nationwide initiative to reduce lead exposure in underserved communities, announced this week, is an example of how collaboration can keep those communities safer, an assistant administrator said in a news release

News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Oct. 6 2022) – Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso to assess the impacts of pesticide use and its health effects on migrant farmworkers and their children along the US/Mexico Border. The ...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s announcement that he would issue an executive order pardoning all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding reports that President Joe Biden plans to lift sanctions on Venezuela rather than encouraging more American oil and gas production.

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released 20 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans that were developed by its major offices, including national program offices and all 10 regional offices. These Implementation Plans reaffirm the strong commitments made in EPA’s 2021 ...

News Release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. sent the following letter today to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing serious concerns about the proposed acquisition of TEGNA, a broadcast news company that manages 64 stations across 51 domestic markets.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that Sean Brebbia has joined her senior leadership team on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

EPA water licenses for bulk oil storage facilities will protect Chelsea Creek and local communities