U.S. EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it is repealing the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a scientific determination that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

In a statement to WVXU, the EPA said there currently are no plans to close the Erlanger facility, which houses "mission-critical assets."

In mid-November, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposal for a new definition of the waters of the United States, limiting what qualifies for protection under the Clean Water Act.

The Environmental Protection Agency is shutting down its scientific research arm, which provides the basis for decisions that safeguard human health and ecosystems from pollutants.

The EPA’s Office of Research and Development has a large presence in Greater Cincinnati. Their research provides the basis for decisions that keep human health and ecosystems safe from environmental pollutants.

The facility in Erlanger, Ky., is one of four in the country that provide rapid response services during emergencies like train derailments, natural disasters, and oil spills.

Some Cincinnati-based federal employees at the Environmental Protection Agency say they are demoralized, and their work is stymied by the recent flurry of directives by the Trump administration.

Groundwork Ohio River Valley will recruit and train 40 teens to clean up brownfield sites in the area.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week set the nation’s first-ever limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

The Port's Beekman Corridor “Dollar Lot Program” helps to reduce neighborhood blight, but residents say it needs more funding to stop storm water runoff. In a separate Cincinnati event, the EPA announced it is giving Groundwork Ohio River Valley $75,000 to monitor the air and water in low-income neighborhoods.