The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs avoided and deaths prevented from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants.

The EPA will no longer apply a dollar amount to health benefits from clean air. A new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on how it calculates curbing air pollution could have harmful health ...

If you were to do a cost-benefit analysis of your lunch, it would be pretty difficult to do the calculation without the sandwich. But it appears that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ...

Ever since Ronald Reagan was president, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a value to human life. If you think too long about it, it’s a bit crass, but the upshot was to provide some ...

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A group of North Carolina health and science leaders is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to release a long-awaited toxicity report on PFNA, a “forever chemical” found in drinking water ...

The EPA campus in Research Triangle Park. A group of EPA employees fired for criticizing the EPA’s direction under President Donald Trump are challenging their dismissal. Brian Gordon ...

Half a dozen former Environmental Protection Agency employees, fired last month in the aftermath of an open letter excoriating agency leadership, on Wednesday appealed their removal to the Merit ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has released $3 billion in long-awaited funding to help states remove lead from water pipelines, seeking to curb exposure to a toxin linked to illness. The agency ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

EPA will proceed with stricter NOx limits for 2027 heavy-duty trucks but told American Trucking Associations it may revise warranty and useful life requirements. ATA said the planned adjustments could ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with the 2027 timeline for its heavy-duty NOx rule—currently set to take effect with the 2027 model year—but says changes are in store. The ...