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Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund advances with potential grants for thousands of projects, including half set for low-income and disadvantaged areas, but House GOP has already signaled intent to repeal it.

Developers and union officials argue the rules could discourage development in the city. 

With Senate hearings due on possible legislation to speed up federal review and permitting for construction projects, a coalition of construction and other business groups is pushing the case for bipartisan legislation to meet that goal.

Agency seeks public input on expanding scope of PFAS chemicals to regulate, a move that has raised concerns of municipal water supply agencies.

Estimated $750-million to $950-million project set to be built on an Occidental Petroleum site in Texas would remove 860,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year by capturing it and storing it underground.

All sides are waiting for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling by the end of June in a big Clean Water Act case.

Rule would apply to dump trucks, but not off-highway equipment.

Override of the veto faces exceptionally long odds of securing two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress.

Texas, California, Florida rank highest among state allotments to upgrade reservoirs, drinking water lines and other infrastructure.

The March 31 decision is only the latest legal battle over the contentious "waters of the United States" rule.