"EPA Proposal Scraps Limits On Coal Plant Waste"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed scrapping restrictions on arsenic-laden waste from coal-fired power plants."
Source: The Hill, 07/31/2019
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"5 Governors Push Presidential Candidates To Aid Great Lakes"
"Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental cleanups."
Source: AP, 07/30/2019
"Inslee Proposes Opening Environmental Justice Office"
"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing to open an office of environmental justice if he is elected president."
Source: The Hill, 07/30/2019
"Toxics: Most School Districts Didn't Test For Lead — GAO"
"Senate Democrats are concerned about lead-based paint in public schools after auditors found that only 12% of districts inspected their campuses for the toxins during the 2016-17 school year."
Source: Greenwire, 07/29/2019
"EPA Cancer Testing Revamp Races On, Worrying Greens And Industry"
"EPA leaders are pushing forward with an overhaul of the way the agency evaluates the dangers of environmental contaminants after a brief consultation with outside scientists — a process that environmentalists claim was rushed and could be misused."
Source: Greenwire, 07/29/2019
"High Cancer Risk Plagues Louisiana Town Near Chemical Plants"
"RESERVE, Louisiana — In a Louisiana town of 10,000 people, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said there is some of the most toxic air in America. More than 100 petrochemical plants and refineries dot the corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, often referred to as 'cancer alley.'"
Source: CBS News, 07/25/2019
"Military Starts Task Force After Spreading Toxic 'Forever Chemicals'"
"Secretary Mark Esper created a task force to review the military’s obligation in cleaning up contamination of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in his first act at the helm of the Department of Defense."
Source: The Hill, 07/25/2019
"How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World"
The plastics industry is sponsoring PR and lobbying campaigns to make it illegal for local governments to ban plastic producsts to limit waste and pollution.
Source: The Intercept, 07/24/2019
"Refinery Explosions Raise New Warnings About Deadly Chemical"
In a worst-case scenario, the June 21 Philadelphia refinery explosion could have released a cloud of deadly hydrogen fluoride gas that could travel for seven miles and threaten more than a million people.
Source: NPR, 07/22/2019
TCEQ Report Could Pave Way for Plants to Emit More Hazardous Pollutants
"A new assessment from the agency downplays the risks of ethylene oxide, a known carcinogen."
Source: Texas Observer, 07/19/2019
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