Environmental Health

"Environmental Groups Face Off With EPA to Control Manure Pollution"

"For the third time in two decades the Environmental Protection Agency appeared in federal Appellate Court this week to defend its admittedly flawed approach to regulating the billions of pounds of manure running off into the nation’s waters from large industrial animal feeding operations."

Source: Circle of Blue, 09/19/2024

NY State Lets Dangerous Chemical Foul Niagara Falls’ Air

"For at least 15 years, a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been sending a pollutant that causes bladder cancer into the air at levels 1,000 percent higher than what state regulators now consider safe for the public to breathe, documents show."

Source: Public Health Watch, 09/19/2024

Biden Admin Spending Climate Cash Fast, As Trump Threatens To Cancel It

"Former President Donald Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature climate law if he wins the presidential election on Nov. 5. But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in January, and targeting what remains would be a massive legal challenge, according to Biden administration officials."

Source: Reuters, 09/19/2024

EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals: IG

"Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response."

Source: ProPublica, 09/19/2024

"How A California County Got PFAS Out Of Its Drinking Water"

"Yorba Linda is a small, sunny city southeast of Los Angeles. It’s perhaps best known for being the birthplace of President Richard Nixon. But in the past few years, Yorba Linda has picked up another distinction: It’s home to the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) water treatment plant of its kind, according to the city."

Source: NPR, 09/18/2024

"DC Circuit Questions LNG By Rail’s ‘Unprecedented’ Hazards"

"A federal appeals court on Friday appeared highly skeptical that the Trump administration had adequately weighed the safety and environmental risks of a rule authorizing rail transport of liquefied natural gas — even as judges questioned whether they should issue a decision yet on the suspended regulation."

Source: E&E News, 09/18/2024

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