"The Global Victory Over Ozone-Killing Chemicals Is Coming Undone"
"Mysterious emissions have been slowing the atmosphere’s healing. Scientists think they’ve finally discovered the source."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/19/2020
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"White House Greenlights Rule for Reporting Chemical Data to EPA"
"Chemical makers will soon learn what specific information they’ll have to give the EPA later this year, now that the White House has approved the agency’s final data reporting rule."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/17/2020
Chem Plant Cites Study It Funded to Ask Regulators to OK Higher Emissions
"Denka Performance Elastomer, the owner of a LaPlace plant that is the only one in America to produce the presumed carcinogen chloroprene, is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the level of that compound deemed safe for public health."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/17/2020
Lithium Startup Backed By Bill Gates Seeks Breakthrough At Salton Sea
"David Snydacker knew going in that California’s Imperial Valley was a “graveyard for lithium-extraction technologies.”"
Source: LA Times, 03/17/2020
"EPA Lays Out New Plan for Phasing Out Climate Pollutants"
"The EPA will issue a plan on Tuesday for the phase-out of ozone-depleting chemicals commonly used in refrigeration, portable fire extinguishers, and metal cleaners."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/17/2020
"Military Sees Surge In Sites With 'Forever Chemical' Contamination"
"The military now has at least 651 sites that have been contaminated with cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” a more than 50 percent jump from its last tally."
Source: The Hill, 03/17/2020
Senate Democrats Unveil $20B Bill To Battle PFAS Chemical Contamination
"A new bill from Senate Democrats would roll out $20 billion in funding to remove cancer-linked “forever chemicals” from water as it contaminates supplies across the country."
Source: The Hill, 03/16/2020
"Revealed: Monsanto’s Secret Funding For Weedkiller Studies"
"Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found."
Source: Guardian, 03/13/2020
Senate Environment Panel To Hear HFC Plan Stalling Energy Bill Passage
"The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee will hold a legislative hearing on a proposal that's become a major sticking point in negotiations surrounding bipartisan energy legislation."
Source: The Hill, 03/12/2020
"EPA’s Solvent Analysis Falsely Discounts Environmental Risks"
"The EPA’s preliminary conclusions that a widely used solvent poses no environmental risks “are misleading and must be modified,” the agency’s chemical advisers said Monday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/10/2020
