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Proposed EPA regulations could soon impact how you use streams on your own land. The controversial Environmental Protection Agency proposals, previously reported by Off The Grid News, were listed as priorities on the White House’s 2013 fall regulatory agenda released ...

Coal state politicians are pushing back against carbon dioxide limit proposals imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Representative Ed Whitfield of Kentucky are attempting to thwart the EPA’s proposed emissions ...

In a move that could affect ammo production, the last remaining US lead smelter is slated to close in December, courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Herculaneum, Missouri, plant is owned by the Doe Run Company and had ...

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for what they call an “unprecedented” water rights power grab that could affect the private property of millions of Americans. The text in the new Clean Water Act guidelines ...

Regulatory changes imposed by the Obama administration could force up to 207 coal-fired power plants to shut down over the next 10 years, leading to higher electric bills for Americans and potentially further weakening the power grid. Coal supplies 40 ...

Wood-burning stoves offer warmth and enhance off-grid living options during cold weather months, but the tried-and-true heating devices now are under attack by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has proposed banning the production and sale of the types of ...

Americans can be raided by a federal SWAT team for violating such laws as the Clean Water Act. As unbelievable as that sounds, it actually happened in August in the town of Chicken, Alaska. Local residents reported that heavily armed ...

Pesticide warning labels to help save the bees finally have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. While the EPA has taken a small step in the right direction, it may not be enough to save the drastically shrinking honeybee ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accused of leaking the private information of farmers to environmental groups. The claims of yet another encroachment on personal liberty by the Obama administration comes not long after another EPA scandal began brewing. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and others are under investigation for allegedly using alias email accounts to conduct official government business.  The EPA’s Office of Inspector General says it will follow up on allegations ...