News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Southeast Hennepin Area Groundwater and Vapor site will be added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) of contaminated sites that pose significant human health and environmental risks.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted on an import ban on Russian oil that fails simultaneously to increase American oil and gas energy and exports.

Bimbo Bakeries USA in Dubuque, Iowa, and Koch Fertilizer plants in Beatrice, Nebraska, and Ft. Dodge, Iowa, were among the 93 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the Agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2021.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today officially added Bradford Island as a Superfund site on the National Priorities List.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved label amendments that further restrict the use of over-the-top dicamba in Minnesota and Iowa.

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a proposed settlement with the North Slope Borough of Alaska to resolve federal hazardous waste and oil spill violations.

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, "Changing Times: Revisiting Spring Forward, Fall Back:"

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. issued the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration announcing it is reinstating a waiver of federal preemption under the Clean Air Act for California’s Advanced Clean Car program, recognizing its authority to set more stringent vehicle emissions standards.

Government Funding Package Includes Provision Long Championed by Pallone to Clarify FDA’s Authority to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine Products Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today hailing inclusion of a provision in the omnibus he has long championed that clarifies the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to regulate synthetic nicotine products: “Over the last few years, FDA has taken important steps to crack down on the flavored vaping products that fueled the dramatic rise in tobacco use among kids and teens.

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed the omnibus, which included key provisions to crack down on consumer scams targeting older adults and members of American Indian and Alaska Native communities, prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, and promote clean competition in sports, among other things.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm inviting her to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee on what the Biden administration will do to reverse its anti-American energy agenda and help increase domestic oil and gas production in order to lower costs.

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently announced funding of nearly $1 million to Colorado State University for air quality and wildfire smoke exposure research comes after a disastrous fire in the Rocky Mountain state.

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.