"EPA Plan For LA Wildfire Cleanup Stirs Protests Over Toxic Dangers"
"Demonstrators have protested against an expedited cleanup process that would involve using a beloved beach as a toxic waste sorting site"
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2025
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"National Science Foundation Fires Roughly 10% Of Its Workforce"
"The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce in the name of efficiency."
Source: NPR, 02/19/2025
"Food Head At FDA Quits Citing Trump Administration’s Mass Staff Cuts"
"The head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit in protest over sweeping staff cuts that he warns will hamper the agency’s ability to protect public health."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2025
As Trump Upends EPA, Cleanups Of America’s Most Toxic Sites Are Uncertain
"Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century."
Source: AP, 02/18/2025
Mexico Orders Factory Cleanup After Guardian Toxic Waste Investigation
"Mexican environmental regulators say they have discovered 30,000 tons of improperly stored material with “hazardous characteristics” in the yard of a Mexican plant that is recycling toxic waste shipped from the US."
Source: Guardian, 02/14/2025
"Undocumented Workers Prepare to Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids"
"In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles last month, undocumented day laborers will likely make up a significant portion of the workforce tasked with clearing debris and rebuilding homes. As they navigate the environmental hazards of this work, they’re also facing the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on immigrants."
Source: Capital & Main, 02/14/2025
"Coca-Cola Says It May Use More Plastic Due To Trump Tariffs"
"Coca-Cola may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the US if President Donald Trump's tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive, the company's chief executive, James Quincey, said in a call with investors."
Source: BBC News, 02/14/2025
"Environmentalists Gear Up to Fight Trump in Court"
"As Trump pledges regulatory rollbacks, environmental groups say the administration’s aggressive cost-cutting tactics could make it easier for them to win some long-term battles."
Source: NYTimes, 02/14/2025
"EPA Removes EJScreen From Its Website" (But Not From the Web)
"On February 5th, EPA removed from its website the environmental justice mapping and screening tool, EJScreen, as well as several related web pages. ... Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) released a reconstruction of Version 2.3 of EPA’s EJScreen."
Source: EDGI, 02/13/2025
Bayer Backs Broader Effort To Shield Popular Weedkiller From Cancer Claims
"A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer brought dozens of protesters to the Iowa Capitol building Monday begging lawmakers to reject it."
Source: AP, 02/13/2025
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