/tags/epa EPA en-US Copyright Wed, 07 May 2025 20:08:57 GMT /environment/2025-05-07/epa-future-cincinnati-reorganization A union president representing hundreds of EPA workers in Cincinnati says the 1,500 Office of Research and Development staff members nationwide are being encouraged to apply for roughly 500 new positions across different offices. Wed, 07 May 2025 20:08:57 GMT /environment/2025-05-07/epa-future-cincinnati-reorganization Isabel Nissley /environment/2025-04-22/retired-epa-employees-rally-cincinnati Retired Environmental Protection Agency employees rallied outside the Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center in Clifton on Earth Day to support the agency and current workers. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:07:57 GMT /environment/2025-04-22/retired-epa-employees-rally-cincinnati Isabel Nissley /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-03-21/ohio-governor-race-spring-training On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-03-21/ohio-governor-race-spring-training /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-02-27/doge-math-firing-federal-workers How much will cutting federal workers save from the overall budget? Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-02-27/doge-math-firing-federal-workers /environment/2024-04-10/robert-bilott-cincinnati-attorney-forever-chemicals-pfas Robert Bilott's battle against PFAS contamination was dramatized in the 2019 film "Dark Waters." Now, years after that legal battle, the EPA is strictly regulating the chemicals. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:33:13 GMT /environment/2024-04-10/robert-bilott-cincinnati-attorney-forever-chemicals-pfas Nick Swartsell /environment/2023-12-11/groundwork-ohio-grant-revitalization-cleanup-brownfield-sites The grant, provided through the EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program, will go toward the recruiting and training of 40 local students to enter environmental jobs. Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:06:29 GMT /environment/2023-12-11/groundwork-ohio-grant-revitalization-cleanup-brownfield-sites Zack Carreon /environment/2022-09-01/ohio-environmentalists-note-climate-change-authority-now-enshrined-in-federal-law The Inflation Reduction Act, which invests $369 billion in projects that reduce climate change, also spells out specific authority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:18:21 GMT /environment/2022-09-01/ohio-environmentalists-note-climate-change-authority-now-enshrined-in-federal-law Andy Chow /local-news/2022-07-06/epa-cathy-bailey-lead-line-replacement “We are leading the way; our program here in Cincinnati has been deemed a model for the country,” said Greater Cincinnati Water Works Director Cathy Bailey. “I have the opportunity now to share that information with others so that we know generations to come will have lead-free environments that they live in.” Wed, 06 Jul 2022 19:45:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-06/epa-cathy-bailey-lead-line-replacement Becca Costello /environment/2021-12-08/epa-plan-clean-up-milford-aquifer-public-input The Environmental Protection Agency wants to know what people think of a plan to deal with dirty groundwater in Milford. An aquifer is contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and was placed on the Superfund national priorities list 10 years ago. Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:24:59 GMT /environment/2021-12-08/epa-plan-clean-up-milford-aquifer-public-input Bill Rinehart /local-news/2021-01-25/wastewater-surveillance-to-be-tracked-beyond-covid Testing wastewater is an easy and relatively cheap way to detect disease in a community. Even though scientists were unable to effectively use it as an… Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2021-01-25/wastewater-surveillance-to-be-tracked-beyond-covid Ann Thompson