The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a portal allowing polluters to request exemptions to nine Clean Air Act rules. The Clean Air Act allows the president to exempt polluters from ...

President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years. Trump on Friday issued a proclamation exempting facilities known as coke ...

The sky turns a rusty orange. The sun dims behind a thick veil of smoke. For millions of Americans, even ones far from wildfire-prone lands, this eerie scene is no longer rare. Extreme wildfires have ...

When Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, climate change wasn’t on anyone’s mind. Yet under an Obama-era decision known as the “Endangerment Finding,” the Environmental Protection Agency has ...

EPA on Monday laid out a way for companies to avoid air pollution regulations for up to several years: Just send the agency a request via email. The agency posted guidance online that lays out a path ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Senate on Thursday approved an effort to overturn an ...

An Energy and Commerce hearing this week is expected to focus on two EPA actions. House Republicans are again taking aim at the Clean Air Act, citing the need to bolster the United States’ global ...

During the early 1970s, the air in many American cities was … brown. Pollution muddied clear skies and sickened people across the country. The Clean Air Act helped change that. But the law's future is ...

In the summer of 1943, thick smog blanketed Los Angeles, causing burning eyes, lung irritation, and even nausea—some feared it was a chemical attack. As the crisis grew, crops withered, and suspicions ...

xAI continues to face backlash over its Memphis data center, as the NAACP joined groups today appealing the issuance of a recently granted permit that the groups say will allow xAI to introduce major ...