Environmental Politics

Michigan To Adopt New, Low PFAS Drinking Water Limits

"New standards limiting how much toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS can be in Michigan’s public drinking water will take effect after a legislative committee adjourned without taking action to block or change them."

Source: Grand Rapids Press, 07/23/2020

"Whitmer: Enbridge Dodging Responsibility For Potential Spill"

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company’s refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel."

Source: AP, 07/23/2020

"EPA Proposes Airplane Emission Standards That Airlines Already Meet"

"The Trump administration on Wednesday made public the federal government’s first proposal to control planet-warming pollution from airplanes, but the draft regulation would not push the airlines beyond emissions limits they have set for themselves."

Source: NYTimes, 07/23/2020

"EPA: How Biden Could Use Air Law To Vanquish Trump Climate Legacy"

"Because the Trump administration spent 3 ½ years demolishing its predecessor's Climate Action Plan, Biden's team would have an opening to update rules for carbon, methane and hydrofluorocarbons that would exceed their Obama-era counterparts or be more tailored to the political, judicial and economic realities of the 2020s."

Source: E&E News, 07/22/2020

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