/tags/epa EPA en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:35:56 GMT /environment/2025-03-27/epa-proposed-cuts-rtp-research Under the Trump administration, the EPA is reportedly considering plans to dissolve its scientific research office. At Research Triangle Park, several hundred people work in this division at EPA’s large regional campus. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:35:56 GMT /environment/2025-03-27/epa-proposed-cuts-rtp-research Celeste Gracia /environment/2025-02-25/epa-rtp-federal-workers-laid-off Thirty probationary staff members were recently terminated from the Environmental Protection Agency's regional campus at Research Triangle Park. This comes as thousands of federal employees across the country are also losing their jobs. Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:37:31 GMT /environment/2025-02-25/epa-rtp-federal-workers-laid-off Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-09-17/septic-sewer-water-north-carolina Some towns are providing assistance for people on private systems, about half the state’s households. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:25:38 GMT /environment/2024-09-17/septic-sewer-water-north-carolina Will Atwater | North Carolina Health News /2024-04-04/vp-harris-other-officials-tout-biden-administrations-new-environmental-grants Vice President Kamala Harris and EPA Administrator Michael Regan joined state and city leaders in Charlotte on Thursday to announce the recipients of federal grants aimed at promoting private investment in clean energy projects. Thu, 04 Apr 2024 22:56:20 GMT /2024-04-04/vp-harris-other-officials-tout-biden-administrations-new-environmental-grants Zachary Turner /environment/2024-03-19/air-pollution-quality-epa-unc-study-fine-particulate-matter-soot-carbon-localized While new national clean air protections are in place, a UNC-Chapel Hill study looked at how the chemical composition of air pollution has changed across time and space. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:59:47 GMT /environment/2024-03-19/air-pollution-quality-epa-unc-study-fine-particulate-matter-soot-carbon-localized Sophie Mallinson /news/2023-01-13/epa-chief-regan-speaks-at-north-carolina-king-day-observance U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the drive for clean water and air for minority and low-income residents is inexorably linked to the march toward racial equality championed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:12:24 GMT /news/2023-01-13/epa-chief-regan-speaks-at-north-carolina-king-day-observance Associated Press /health/2022-11-02/pfas-evidence-piling-putting-polluters-notice Between recent studies and lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers filed by Attorney General Josh Stein, polluters are being put on notice that they have to clean up. Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:26:40 GMT /health/2022-11-02/pfas-evidence-piling-putting-polluters-notice Will Atwater | North Carolina Health News /environment/2022-10-04/epa-creates-new-office-to-advance-environmental-justice-initiatives Forty years after Warren County, N.C., residents marched to a landfill to try to stop dump trucks, the EPA is creating an office for advancing environmental justice. (Aired on ATC on Oct. 3, 2022.) Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:09:00 GMT /environment/2022-10-04/epa-creates-new-office-to-advance-environmental-justice-initiatives Leoneda Inge /news/2022-08-26/epa-to-designate-forever-chemicals-as-hazardous-substances Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:36:30 GMT /news/2022-08-26/epa-to-designate-forever-chemicals-as-hazardous-substances Associated Press /news/2022-06-22/new-epa-standards-pfas-too-high-in-1-700-more-cumberland-county-wells State Department of Environmental Quality plans remote public hearing for residents as federal guidelines for safe drinking water change due to new research. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:00:07 GMT /news/2022-06-22/new-epa-standards-pfas-too-high-in-1-700-more-cumberland-county-wells Ben Sessoms / Carolina Public Press