North Carolina topped the Environmental Integrity Project’s list for both personnel and program cuts, though a restructuring makes exact comparisons difficult. Still, one researcher said staff there ...

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Li Cohen is a senior social media producer at CBS News. She previously wrote for amNewYork and The Seminole Tribune. She mainly covers climate, environmental and weather news. "Climate facts are back ...

The lawsuit, announced on Monday, December 22, 2025, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday afternoon that ...

Massive cuts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have hampered state-level regulators’ ability to rein in ...

With the EPA facing massive cuts under Trump, Duggan said that states will also have fewer if any federal regulators on the ...

The benefits of environmental protection, measured in terms of advancing public health and the economy, outweigh the costs ...

As the Trump administration sheds staff and funding at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a new analysis places ...

President Donald Trump has said environmental oversight should be handed back to the states. A new report says North Carolina couldn't do it.

Years of budget reductions have left the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality struggling to investigate complaints, ...

In the past 15 years, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has faced major budget cuts and a 21% decline in staffing.