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Clouds are reflected off the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility's sedimentation basins in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. The Biden administration said, Friday, March 3, 2023, it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Feds issue urgent warning about potential Iran-linked cyberattacks

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin speaks at EDSI Cables, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

By Jennifer McDermott and Ali Swenson - Associated Press

Soybeans are harvested on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) ** FILE **

Trump says feds will guarantee loans for farmers

By Jeff Mordock and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This bipartisan solution could solve America’s water crisis

By U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

EPA waives gas restrictions to ease rising energy costs

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

FILE - Sheer cliffs rise at Zion National Park, near Springdale, Utah., Sept. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Trump’s EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

A warning sign is seen at the sight of a massive pipe rupture, as sewage flows into the Potomac River, right, in Glen Echo, Md., on Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

EPA to handle Potomac River water testing after sewer pipe burst

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

An under sink water filter operates Monday, March 9, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Do you really need a water filter? Here’s what experts say

By Kiki Sideris - Associated Press

People walk around Baltimore's Inner Harbor on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)

Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of U.S. infrastructure problems

By Michael Phillis and M.K. Wildeman - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin to announce the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Environmental, health groups sue EPA over repealing endangerment finding

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin announcing that the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump rescinds long-standing EPA rule curbing greenhouse emissions

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - The Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, operates April 14, 2025, in Cheshire, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official

By Matthew Daly and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

EPA plan would begin rolling back ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

An HSUS Animal Rescue Team member carries a beagle into the organization's care and rehabilitation center in Maryland on Thursday, July 21, 2022, after the organization removed the first 201 beagles as part of a transfer plan from Envigo RMS LLC facility in Cumberland, Va. The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal testing labs. The organization said it took away the remaining 312 dogs at the facility in Cumberland on Thursday, Sept. 1. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for the HSUS) **FILE**

EPA to end mammal testing by 2035, reviving Trump-era goal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the sun sets, near Emmett, Kansas, Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

EPA says it will stop calculating health care savings from key air pollution rules

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Yvette Lyles points to the spot on her wall reached by floodwaters in Cahokia Heights, Ill., May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)

Poor communities threatened by aging sewers see crucial aid slashed under Trump

By Tammy Webber, Michael Phillis and M.K. Wildeman - Associated Press

This photo provided by Honda shows the 2026 Civic sedan, an affordable and highly rated compact car. (Courtesy of American Honda Motor Co. via AP)

The top 5 affordable cars and SUVs for 2026, according to Edmunds

By Christian Wardlaw - Associated Press

FILE - A sign is posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif., March 28, 2005. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)

EPA says it will propose drinking water limit for perchlorate, but only because court ordered it

By Michael Phillis - Associated Press