Environmental Politics

"Utilities Brace for Costs of Compliance With New PFAS Water Rule"

"Water utilities will face costly challenges meeting the EPA’s new limits on PFAS in drinking water, making litigation nearly inevitable, lawyers and analysts say."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/15/2024

"Mapping America’s Access To Nature, Neighborhood By Neighborhood"

"Using satellite imagery and data on dozens of factors — including air and noise pollution, park space, open water and tree canopy — NatureQuant has distilled the elements of health-supporting nature into a single variable called NatureScore. Aggregated to the level of Census tracts — roughly the size of a neighborhood — the data provide a high-resolution image of where nature is abundant and where it is lacking across the United States."

Source: Washington Post, 04/11/2024

Senate Votes To Reject Rule To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions On Highways

"The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency's rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system."

Source: Reuters, 04/11/2024

US Agrees With Native American Tribe That Line 5 Pipeline Is Trespassing

"The Biden administration straddled the line on a controversial Canadian oil pipeline in a court filing Wednesday, saying a lower court’s order to drain portions running through tribal land may violate a 1977 treaty but agreeing with a Native American tribe that the operator is trespassing on tribal land."

Source: The Hill, 04/11/2024

Trump Appointees Barred EPA Staff From Warning Senate About PFAS Loophole

"Trump administration officials barred experts from warning legislators that they were about to write a major environmental loophole into law, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers alleged in newly revealed internal communications."

Source: The Hill, 04/11/2024

FirstEnergy Gave Secret $1 Million To Ohio Lt. Gov. Campaign in Scandal

"A surge in FirstEnergy political spending ahead of the utility’s push to secure a legislative bailout for its nuclear power plants included a $1 million dark money contribution to support the campaign of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s eventual running mate."

Source: Floodlight/Energy News Network, 04/11/2024

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