• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

EPA

Andrew Wheeler, the new acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaking to staff and the press.
Posted inNews

New EPA Head Says His Priorities Include Regulatory Relief

by Randy Showstack 12 July 201825 May 2022

Andrew Wheeler brings a new tone and a vow of openness to the agency. However, he plans to pursue the same goal as his predecessor, which could weaken environmental regulations.

Former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt
Posted inNews

Environmentalists Are Glad Pruitt Is Out but Worry What’s Next

by Randy Showstack 6 July 201825 May 2022

With Scott Pruitt’s resignation, EPA deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, takes charge and is likely to continue the same deregulation and antienvironment policies.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), speaking at a February 2017 rally in support of the EPA.
Posted inNews

Congressman Renews Call for EPA Administrator to Resign

by Randy Showstack 26 June 201821 December 2022

In an interview with Eos, Rep. Don Beyer, the second-highest-ranking Democrat on the House Science Committee, details why he calls Pruitt “an embarrassment” to the Trump administration.

Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy at an event in Washington, D. C.
Posted inNews

Former EPA Chief Decries Attacks on Science

by Randy Showstack 12 April 201810 April 2023

Gina McCarthy also expresses concern about the current state of the agency.

An artist’s conception of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
Posted inNews

Federal Spending Act Boosts Funding for Many Science Agencies

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Randy Showstack and Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 March 201810 April 2023

Congressional priorities reflected in the legislation differed sharply from the administration’s.

Percentage change in NSF funding under proposed FY18 and FY19 compared with actual FY17 funding.
Posted inNews

White House Budget Plan Presents a Mixed Picture for Science

by Randy Showstack 14 February 201810 April 2023

The administration’s blueprint, now with Congress, would spare some geoscience agencies because of a budget deal reached with Congress last week, but EPA, NOAA, and USGS would be hit hard.

Smog covers downtown Los Angeles on 17 January 2007
Posted inOpinions

Will Clean Air Fade Away?

by M. Sadegh, J. Pierce, A. AghaKouchak, N. F. Glenn and C. Curl 16 January 201810 March 2023

Government-sponsored research and regulations enabled western U.S. states to clean up their air, despite industrial and population growth. Proposed funding cuts could undo this progress.

Environmental Protection Agency headquarters building in Washington, D. C.
Posted inNews

Leave EPA Now or Wait It Out? That’s the Question Staffers Face

by Randy Showstack 11 January 201827 March 2023

In interviews, some former Environmental Protection Agency workers, most of whom left the agency in 2017, discuss their careers and efforts to help colleagues find jobs and to preserve EPA’s strengths.

The coal-fired Jim Bridger power plant outside Rock Springs, Wyo.
Posted inNews

EPA Proposes Repealing Its Own Obama Era Clean Power Plan

by Randy Showstack 11 October 201725 May 2022

The action of the agency, now realigned by the Trump administration, “just begins the battle,” according to environmentalists and others who plan to challenge EPA’s proposed repeal of the rule.

At a 13 September briefing, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said that the Trump administration has the EPA in its crosshairs.
Posted inNews

Environment and Labor Groups Push to Protect EPA Budget

by Randy Showstack 15 September 201719 April 2023

The groups protested funding cuts, reductions in staff, and demoralizing working conditions.

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 Older posts
A view of a Washington, D.C., skyline from the Potomac River at night. The Lincoln Memorial (at left) and the Washington Monument (at right) are lit against a purple sky. Over the water of the Potomac appear the text “#AGU24 coverage from Eos.”

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

24 June 202524 June 2025
Editors' Highlights

Coupled Isotopes Reveal Sedimentary Sources of Rare Metal Granites

17 June 202516 June 2025
Editors' Vox

Water Tracks: The Veins of Thawing Landscapes

25 June 202525 June 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack