EPA sets limits for toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water
The EPA finalized six limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water and released $1 billion in bipartisan infrastructure law funding to address PFAS contamination.
Media Statements
Statement: New clean car standards are a win for consumers, health
Pollution limits among the strongest in the world
Statement: Biden administration reins in deadly air pollution
New limits on soot will save thousands of lives
Refrigerator standards set to cut energy waste
New efficiency rules will take effect 2029
Biden administration announces plan to protect old-growth forests
Most U.S. old-growth forests have been logged, many of oldest remaining trees open to logging
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The 176 turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
STATEMENT: President Biden protects Grand Canyon from uranium mining
Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will protect critical watershed, wildlife habitat and cultural sites
Statement: White House invokes Defense Production Act for clean energy
President Joe Biden authorized use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) on Monday to speed up the domestic production of key clean energy technologies for use in buildings.
Statement: Interior Department proposes first offshore California wind lease sales
The Department of the Interior has announced the first proposed lease sales for wind power off the shore of California and the United States’ West Coast.
Statement: Cost overruns at Georgia nuclear reactors offer cautionary tale
The only nuclear reactors under construction in the United States are now projected to cost more than $30 billion, more than double the original cost estimate of $14 billion.