News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced $800,000 for Virginia Polytech Institute and State University to develop a low-cost method of measuring hazardous air pollutants.

Today, EPA announced several actions that will help provide a path for the sustained growth of renewable fuels and reinforce the foundation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Today, as a part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the agency issued the first in a series of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) test orders to require companies to conduct and submit testing on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the formula shortage crisis in the United States.Excerpts and highlights from her prepared remarks:ON THE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS“Before I begin, I want to address the school shooting in Texas.“I kissed my children this morning and sent them off to school and I thought about the possibility of it being the last time that I would see them.“Schools are where are children should be safe, learning, and thriving, making friends and being kids.“I know we are all anxious to get all the information.“We all want answers as to what puts someone in a place to take young innocent lives.“There’s this overwhelming sense that people are struggling.

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s decision to exempt tariffs for solar panels from certain Asian countries, along with the administration’s announced use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to push its rush-to-green agenda, all of which will make the United States even more dependent upon Chinese supply chains.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans demand to know from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) how the Biden administration plans to prepare for and prevent dangerous blackouts that the North American Electric Reliability...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reminding people, businesses and state and local governments where they can find the best information on preparedness before hurricane force winds or storm flooding may occur.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the annual interactive report tracking America’s progress in controlling air pollution.

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement regarding the 2022 Medicare Trustees Report.

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. released the following statement today in response to Republicans’ latest “plan” to address climate and energy issues

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with California’s Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for violations of the Clean Water Act related to polluting of local wetlands.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) (together, the agencies) will host a virtual Southeast-focused regional roundtable on “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) on June 7, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Central Time.

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

There are two releases scheduled to be published on June 8.