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"How Big Companies Shed Their Obligations To Clean Up Old Mines"

"Miles Hatfield was walking into his dining room when he felt the wooden floor give way. His legs dropped hip-deep into water that had pooled under his brick house in the green hills of eastern Kentucky where he had lived for the past 40 years, trapping him in his own floor."

Source: Bloomberg, 10/17/2022

DC Sues Velsicol For Allegedly Contaminating Local Rivers With Pesticide

"Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine (D) on Thursday announced a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol, alleging the company contaminated waterways in the city and harmed the health of residents in predominantly minority neighborhoods."

Source: The Hill, 10/17/2022

"EPA Loophole Lets 600 Toxic PFAS Chemicals Evade Review, Petition Says"

"A loophole in the federal government’s procedures for reviewing new chemicals has allowed at least 600 so-called forever chemicals into American markets despite evidence they pose serious health risks, according to a petition filed Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 10/17/2022

"20 Nations at High Risk From Global Warming Might Halt Debt Payments"

"Twenty countries most vulnerable to climate change are considering halting their repayment of $685 billion in collective debt, loans that they say are an “injustice,” Mohamad Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, said on Friday."

Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2022
October 31, 2024

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