Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes streamlining SEQR with exemptions and firm deadlines to speed housing, drawing mixed reactions from advocates and lawmakers.

Lowell, passed its committee Monday 5-3 along party lines, heading to the Senate Appropriations Committee, but testifiers were left questioning if its purpose is economic growth or actual protection ...

Several Colorado agencies have waded into the discussion of which waters the federal government should protect from pollution ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that organized civil society and social ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, CA) – Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) announces their Conservation, Environment, and Public Trails Grants (CEPT ...

FILE - Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill ...

From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has presented a recognition award to Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) in acknowledgement of the company’s significant contribution, alongside other stakeholders, to ...

The head of Alaska’s state environmental conservation department has been tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Emma Pokon, ...