Tag: EPA

Read why the EPA awarded UCOR for cleaning up the East Tennessee Technology Park

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR for the successful cleanup of the East Tennessee Technology Park. The EPA presented its Superfund National Priorities List Award to OREM and UCOR as part of the seventh annual National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards. The […]

Supreme Court blocks EPA rule to limit air pollution from Midwest states

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an interstate air quality rule issued last year by the Biden administration to limit ozone that comes from power plants and industrial sites in the Midwest and sends polluted air drifting toward the East Coast. The vote was 5-4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the three liberals in […]

Amy Coney Barrett Breaks Ranks on Supreme Court’s Dangerous EPA Ruling

The Supreme Court on Thursday halted the Environmental Protection Agency’s “good neighbor” rule intended to combat air pollution. In a 5–4 decision, the conservative majority of the court upheld a stay against an EPA regulation that requires states limit their emissions to offset the effects in states downwind of their pollution, claiming the rule would […]