EPA Proposes New Rules to Protect Farm Workers

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard in order to protect the nation’s two million farm workers and their families from pesticide exposure. “Today marks an important...

EPA to Trim 1,000 Positions With Buyouts of Up to $25K

Unlike the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not expanding but going the opposite way, with up to 1,000 staff positions to be cut at 19 offices and locations across the country, the Federal Times is...

EPA Building Renamed in Honor of Bill Clinton

The Ariel Rios Building housing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now the William Jefferson Clinton Building, thanks to legislation introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D.-Calif. The Ariel Rios name, which honored a fallen agent of the Bureau of Alcohol,...