California’s search for the source of “forever chemicals” in drinking water is expanding to include military sites, wastewater treatment plants, chrome-plating facilities, and refineries.

A House committee approved a legislative package late Nov. 20 that would radically change the way the federal government regulates “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

Producers expect the Trump administration to begin leasing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge within the first quarter of 2020, kicking off a new oil boom in the region, the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s president said Nov. 20.

A once-popular nuclear waste storage bill is getting new life in the House as it moves through committee toward the floor.

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) vetoed environmental justice legislation that would have required the state Department of Environmental Conservation to publish a list of the areas most affected by environmental hazards.

The Paris climate accord now appears far too modest to tackle rising global greenhouse gas emissions, former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told a House panel Nov. 20.

A bill that would reinstate a regulation banning certain pesticides from wildlife refuges was approved by the House Committee on Natural Resources on Nov. 20.

A Pentagon task force said Wednesday it expects the number of installations potentially polluted by the so-called “forever chemicals” to increase beyond the 401 currently identified.

A panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit grilled attorneys for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Defense Council over a suit that challenges exemptions to the agency’s mercury reporting rule.

Another House panel used the power of its Democratic majority to move pipeline safety legislation toward a floor vote.