U.S. EPA

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.

Clearing once-contaminated sites along the Mill Creek and redeveloping them is a slow and expensive process. For those who live in communities like South…