Environmental Health

April 3, 2025

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"Clean Air Advocates Fear Rubber Stamp of State Emission Plans"

"The Trump administration vowed to rid the EPA of a backlog of decisions on state plans to manage air pollution. Now advocates wonder if faster analysis raises the risk that the plans may not effectively mitigate dirty air."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/27/2025

GOPers Want To Reverse Ban On TCE. It Causes Defects, Cancer and Parkinson’s

"The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office."

Source: ProPublica, 03/27/2025

Sewage Sludge Is Used As Farm Fertilizer. Some Neighbors Hate It

"When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven. ... But several years ago, her neighbor began applying sewage sludge, which consists largely of human waste left over from municipal wastewater treatment facilities, as a fertilizer on his farmland, causing a rancid smell so powerful it nearly took her breath away."

Source: AP, 03/27/2025

Calif. Farmworker Communities Now Must Be Notified of Pesticide Applications

"After decades of pressure from farmworkers and their allies, California launched a statewide system to warn communities before they’re exposed to toxic pesticides. But health concerns remain."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/27/2025

"Supreme Court Weighs Which Courts Can Hear Clean Air Act Disputes"

"The Supreme Court appears poised to keep at least some Clean Air Act disputes in federal courts outside of D.C. — preventing what at least one justice described as “home court advantage” for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Source: The Hill, 03/26/2025

EPA Cuts Grants For Measuring and Reducing Construction Material Emissions

"The Trump administration has eviscerated a grant program designed to make U.S. industry cleaner and more competitive by improving measurement of emissions from building materials. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has canceled $116 million in grants to 21 recipients that include universities and trade groups, according to information obtained by the Sierra Club through a public records request."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2025

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