"Lawmakers Weigh Walking Back Amendment Stalling Energy Bill Votes"
"Lawmakers are working on a compromise to an amendment that risks stalling an otherwise popular energy package."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2020
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Chemical Industry Executive Nominated to Lead Consumer Watchdog Agency
"President Trump has tapped Nancy B. Beck, a former chemical industry executive, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent federal agency charged with protecting the public against dangers like toxic substances in products."
Source: NY Times, 03/04/2020
"DuPont Owes $50 Million in PFAS Cancer Cases, Jury Finds"
"DuPont Co. must pay a combined $50 million to a testicular cancer survivor and his wife, an Ohio jury announced Monday, setting the bar for dozens of other cases in which people are suing the company for illnesses allegedly caused by drinking contaminated water."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/03/2020
"New EPA Rule Change Saves Industry Money but Exacts a Climate Cost"
"This week, EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler signed a new rule that relaxes the requirements that owners and operators of refrigeration equipment have leak detection and maintenance programs for hydrofluorocarbons, a set of refrigerants often referred to as 'climate super-pollutants.'"
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/02/2020
White House Rewrote EPA Scientists Finding That TCE Damages Fetal Hearts
"John DeSesso was on a mission when he entered the halls of the Environmental Protection Agency in late September. Inside the ornate limestone building not far from the White House, he met with a dozen EPA scientists and officials."
Source: Reveal, 03/02/2020
"EPA Handling Multiple PFAS-Related Criminal Investigations"
"The EPA is involved in multiple PFAS-related criminal investigations, the agency said Wednesday, adding another knot to an already complex legal landscape for “forever chemicals.”"
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/27/2020
"Military May be Bound by State Laws on ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"The Pentagon may be forced to follow new state environmental pollution standards for a family of manmade “forever chemicals” that may have been spilled at hundreds of military sites in the U.S., Defense Secretary Mark Esper told lawmakers."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/27/2020
"3M PFAS Deal With Wolverine Could Foreshadow Other Cases"
"3M Co.'s agreement to pay $55 million to clothier Wolverine World Wide Inc. to clean up PFAS in Michigan could serve as a model for other companies hoping to shift their liabilities for “forever chemicals,” lawyers say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/24/2020
EPA Moves To Limit Financial Pressure on PFAS Makers Under Cleanup Law
"A proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would absolve the nation’s manufacturers of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” from broad financial responsibility for cleaning up their product as it leaches into the water supply across the country."
Source: The Hill, 02/24/2020
"EPA Moves Closer to Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water"
"The EPA has made an initial determination that it will eventually set legal limits for levels of two key PFAS chemicals in drinking water, the agency announced Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/21/2020
