Senate Panel Approves Kigali Amendment in Bipartisan Vote
"A Senate committee voted yesterday to send the most important climate treaty in years to the floor for ratification. Not a single Republican opposed it."
Source: E&E News, 05/05/2022
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Forgotten Toxic Dump Site Raises New Worries For This L.A. Neighborhood
"In the summer of 1984, investigators peered into a cave dug beneath the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and found dozens of rusted 55-gallon barrels filled with toxic chemicals."
Source: LA Times, 05/04/2022
"Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries"
"The Biden administration is planning a major shift to electric vehicles, but experts say it requires a secure, resilient supply of critical minerals."
Source: NYTimes, 05/03/2022
"EPA Proposes Scaling Back Weedkiller Tied To Cancer"
"EPA has proposed to end the use of the weedkiller diuron on most food crops, citing cancer risks to people who are exposed as well as danger to bees and other wildlife."
Source: E&E News, 05/02/2022
"Rob Bilott On His 20-Year Fight Against Forever Chemicals"
"Last month, an Ohio court certified a class action lawsuit brought by lawyer Rob Bilott that would cover 7 million people – and at some point possibly everyone living in the United States – who have been exposed to certain hazardous “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS."
Source: Guardian, 05/02/2022
"Chemical Industry Fights U.S. Government Move To Ban Asbestos"
"A groundbreaking move by the Biden administration to ban a key form of asbestos in the United States would close factories and affect thousands of workers, say industry groups and a chemical company pushing for continued use of the cancer-causing mineral."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 04/29/2022
California AG Subpoenas Exxon For Details On Role In Plastic Pollution
"California's attorney general announced on Thursday he issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil for information on its role in causing the global plastic waste crisis."
Source: Reuters, 04/29/2022
"White House Finalizes Help For Burn Pit Veterans"
"President Joe Biden announced today [Monday] that the Department of Veterans Affairs will grant extensive health care benefits to veterans experiencing certain debilitating respiratory cancers linked to exposure to burn pits and their fumes."
Source: E&E News, 04/26/2022
Calif. Bans Fracking Wastewater For Irrigation, But Allows Drilling Water
"California prohibits farmers from growing crops with chemical-laced wastewater from fracking. Yet the state still allows them to use water produced by conventional oil drilling—a chemical soup that contains many of the same toxic compounds."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/25/2022
"Environmentalists Target Mountains of Fertilizer Waste"
"The U.S. houses hundreds of millions of tons of phosphogypsum in open-air stacks, but regulation is inconsistent."
Source: Undark, 04/20/2022
