Tagged: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

President Obama's choice to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cleared one procedural hurdle, but another remains.

The U.S. EPA has issued new requirements for cleansing ballast water dumped from ships, which scientists believe has brought invasive species that damage ecosystems and cost the economy billions of dollars.

The U.S. EPA has selected the members of the Great Lakes Advisory Board.

Columbus-based American Electric Power will stop burning coal at two power plants in Ohio and Indiana by the end of 2015 under a legal settlement reached with the U.S. EPA, eight states and several environmental groups.