News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a draft strategy to eliminate the release of plastic and other waste into the environment from land-based sources by 2040.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced April 28 that it will again allow summertime sales of E15 gasoline nationwide, the second year of such waivers.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), and the academic technology transfer non-profit AUTM will host the Green Energy Innovation Expo May 17.

The watchdog group Functional Government Initiative (FGI) has filed a transparency lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether President Joe Biden's brother, Frank Biden, has used inappropriate political pressure to advance environmental interests, said FGI spokesman Peter McGinnis.

The U.S. EPA has recognized the Aquifer Storage and Restoration project in the City of Hastings, Neb., for Excellence in Problem Solving.

The Walnut Creek watershed in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been designated as the 21st Urban Waters Federal Partnership location.

An foreign national in the U.S. illegally and wanted on a murder charge in Jamaica was arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team officers on April 14.

Two companies involved in the construction of the Fairfield Inn and Suites Hotel by Marriott and Casino Construction Project in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, have been fined a total of $30,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the Clean Water Act.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to gather input from the public regarding the potential designation of more per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chose 17 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers across the country to receive more than $177 million to remove barriers and improve access to clean air, water and green energy for communities with environmental justice concerns.

A New York nonprofit environmental justice organization will receive approximately $10 million spanning five years from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to advance environmental justice.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it chose the National Wildlife Federation to operate an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has outlined expedited efforts to investigate and address contamination at Lower Neponset River Superfund Site in Massachusetts after it met with local officials and residents to discuss progress.

EPA publishes a new online resource to help prevent heavy metal exposures in children

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) settlement with a northern California refinery to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act will benefit the entire area, according to an EPA regional administrator.