News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new, stronger standards to promote clean air and reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines starting in model year (MY) 2027.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Colorado school districts in Adams County, Boulder County, Otero County, and Weld County will receive $540,000 in rebates to support the replacement of 27 old diesel school buses with newer, low-emission buses.

EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan issued the following statement after the Department of Defense announced it will defuel and permanently close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oʻahu, Hawaii.

In addition to the $17 million announced today, in the coming weeks, EPA plans to announce a new Clean School Bus rebate program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides an unprecedented $5 billion over five years, to replace existing school buses with low- or zero-emission school buses.

The Charleston R-1 School District of Charleston, in southeastern Missouri, received school bus rebate opportunities from both the ARP and DERA programs. The district received $900,000 in electric school bus rebate opportunities through the ARP program.

Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) will clean up soil contamination at individual residences within the Town of Pines Groundwater Plume Superfund site in Porter County, Indiana, at an estimated cost of $11.8 million to resolve federal and state Superfund liability.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that companies that manage chemicals continue to make progress in preventing pollution and reducing chemical releases into the environment.

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” on March 3.

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc. will pay $275,000 in fines for violating the federal Clean Air Act at its manufacturing facility in Fremont, Calif., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last month.

There were 15 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending March 5, according to the Federal Register.

The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect Washington's orcas, salmon and trout from cyanide pollution, an endangered species advocacy group said in a lawsuit filed Feb. 24.

The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “HONORING OUR PROMISE TO ADDRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS ACT OF 2021” on March 2.

The recent "high-stakes argument" over greenhouse gas emissions before U.S. Supreme Court justices put President Joe Biden's climate change agenda in the spotlight and he should run with it, an environmental group said in a news release.

News Release: Washington,D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about the Senate’s action on the resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that will halt President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for Medicare and Medicaid providers.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) sent letters to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and to the Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging them...