Tag: environmental protection agency
EPA 2026 budget cuts target clean water programs
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin was clear when he released the agency’s new mission statement in February. A top priority will be “clean air, land and water for every American,” Zeldin said, when he announced, “Powering the Great American Comeback.”
In early June the EPA released its fiscal year 2026 budget.
City gets state grant to support Clean Toledo drop-offs
A $100,000 grant to the city of Toledo for household waste collection and $147,000 awards to Bowling Green and Fostoria for recycling programs are among more than $5.9 million in grants the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.
Near westside residents have higher rates of lung disease, study says
By Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy
Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need.
Sandy Leeds remembers the glory days of West Indianapolis.
Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in Midwest and reaches Europe
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest. Conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” on Tuesday.
A hard-fought milestone for Flint’s water, but uncertainty ahead
Flint, Michigan, is nearly finished replacing lead pipes 11 years after the water crisis. Financial struggles still cloud the water system’s future.