In “Up for Debate: The EPA’s attempt to roll back emissions standards” (Opinion, March 24), the Globe presents contrasting arguments over the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to ...

The following candidates ran in the general election for Orland Fire Protection District Trustee Board At-large on April 1, 2025.

The following candidates ran in the general election for Orland Fire Protection District Trustee Board At-large on April 1, 2025.

Chicago, Illinois – Ilinois Gov. JB Pritzker has vetoed Important pro-union Warehouse Worker Protection Legislation. This legislation, which passed through the statehouse with overwhelming support, ...

Jane Takako Fukushima, 98, passed away on February 27, 2025. She is preceded in death by her husband Dick Teruto, her daughter Linda, brothers Hideo and “Dickie” Hideaki Hiromoto. She is ...

Internal EPA documents reveal a list of about 400 environmental grants targeted for elimination, including 62 in California. The grants are aimed at reducing childhood lead poisoning, improving ...

Shortly after being sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin accused the previous administration of stashing $20 billion worth of “gold bars” in a Citibank account ...

The Environmental Protection Agency this week said an obscure section of the Clean Air Act enables the president to temporarily exempt industrial facilities from new rules if the technology ...

The federal government is pulling back $125 million in funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health and 97 local health departments for activities related to COVID-19 and other infectious ...

An upcoming EPA rulemaking aims to clarify ambiguous terms from the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, an EPA assistant administrator nominee said during her Senate confirmation hearing ...

The Stickney plant is one of seven wastewater treatment facilities owned and operated by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago, a beneficiary of the IEPA's state revolving loan ...

Air and water in the U.S. is cleaner now than before the EPA was created. Environmental lawyers would argue that part of the American dream is the right to live in a clean environment – a ...