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"Industry Eyeing EPA’s Hustle to Control ‘Forever Chemicals’"

"Industry attorneys say they’re bracing for a wave of corporate liability and litigation as the Biden administration works swiftly to fulfill a campaign promise to control “forever chemicals.”

The Environmental Protection Agency this month announced it’s working on three water-related regulations for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. It sent a fourth chemical data-collection proposal to the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, for approval.

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/29/2021

Biden EPA Yanks Permit for St. Croix Refinery over Environmental Justice

"The Biden administration handed environmental justice advocates a major victory on Thursday when it announced it was withdrawing a key pollution permit for an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that locals say has long fouled their air and water and endangered their health."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2021

Florida Lead Smelter Exposes Hundreds of Workers to Dangerous Neurotoxin

"Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound."

Source: Tampa Bay Times, 03/26/2021

In Conservation Success Story, Bald Eagle Numbers Have Soared

"The number of bald eagles — a species that once came dangerously close to extinction in the United States — has more than quadrupled over the last dozen years despite massive declines in overall bird populations, government scientists announced Tuesday."

Source: LA Times, 03/25/2021

"'Buyer Beware': Ads Hide PFAS Cookware Risks"

"Consumers trying to avoid toxic chemicals in their nonstick cookware face convoluted advertising claims that can confuse even the most well-informed buyers."

Source: E&E News, 03/25/2021

Did Chemical Company Misrepresent Data To Avoid Making A Safer Product?

"A former Syngenta scientist alleges lives could have been saved with tweaks to the formulation of weedkiller paraquat".

Source: Guardian, 03/25/2021

Senate Dems Plan To Use Review Act To Reinstate Obama Methane Rule

"Senate Democrats plan to deploy an obscure but powerful legislative weapon in the coming weeks to try to quickly reinstate a major Obama-era climate change rule that the Trump administration had effectively eliminated."

Source: NYTimes, 03/25/2021

Trump’s Parting Gift to St. Croix: One of America’s Largest Refineries

"Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA bent rules to speed its restart. Now, they want President Biden to address what they call a textbook case of environmental injustice."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/23/2021

"EPA Deal With Alabama Polluter Undercuts Biden Equity Pledge"

"When a special team of EPA inspectors first showed up at an industrial plant belching carcinogens on the worn outskirts of Birmingham, Ala., in 2011, their findings of flagrant regulatory violations were later deemed serious enough to warrant a referral to the Justice Department."

Source: E&E News, 03/23/2021

"Tracking the Invisible Killer"

"Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen"

Source: The Intercept, 03/22/2021

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