In the 1970s, the EPA commissioned photographers to take photos of the environment and the "human condition" of American life. The Documerica project’s photos have recently been unearthed, and you can see them now.
The Obama administration is set to impose new rules that will make America’s cars get an average of nearly 60 mpg by 2017. But there’s one catch: The bigger the car, the less the rule matters.
The EPA has a treasure trove of data that it usually keeps in the bowels of an inscrutable government website. But after an app design contest, it's available in a variety of useful forms, right on your phone.
Just as you've eliminated the last little bit of BPA in your life, now it's time to start getting worried about glymes, the industrial solvent that's already in your water and soon to be heavily regulated by the EPA.
The EPA calculates the value of the medical procedures and loss of life that can come from breathing pollution. The conclusion: clean air is an incredible investment in the economy.
Provided with real information, will car buyers start making more informed decisions? If they care about the money in their pockets, the answer should be yes.
While the political debate carries on, a new report argues that 1.46 million jobs will be created by making way for modern, healthier practices in the power sector.
