EPA gets 51 requests seeking $6.6 billion in loans, exceeding the $6 billion agency can lend.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2017 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis indicates that since 2007, releases of toxic chemicals by manufacturers declined, despite a growing economy.

Decision sorts out dueling environmentalist, industry challenges to 2015 EPA regulation.

Democrats' main targets are picks for EPA chemical-safety and air offices.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to roll back the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan, meant to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 32% from 2005 levels by 2030. 

Projects seek $2.3 billion in water-infrastructure loans, but EPA's lending capacity is $1.5 billion.