DuPont Spinoff Chemours Lobbied EPA to Stave Off Greener Coolants
"Chemours asks in letter to the EPA for help promoting its HFO refrigerants, to stave off natural coolants that cause far less global warming."
"Chemours asks in letter to the EPA for help promoting its HFO refrigerants, to stave off natural coolants that cause far less global warming."
"In a settlement with environmental groups, the Trump administration has agreed to designate critical Pacific Ocean habitat for endangered humpback whales."
"Trump administration officials at EPA are phasing out the agency's enforcement focus on animal waste pollution and the oil and gas industry."
"Backed by agrochemical companies, the current administration and Congress are moving to curb the role of human health studies in regulation."
"Eastern Shore crab houses are suffering this summer because they didn’t get the visas needed to hire enough pickers from Mexico."
"The Trump administration is assailing the science behind an influential study that helped lead to a ban on a widely used insecticide linked to brain damage in children, mirroring arguments made by the pesticide industry."
"President Trump claimed that coal was “indestructible,” that West Virginia had one of the strongest state economies and that the U.S. was the “cleanest country in the planet.” None of that was true."
"President Trump's pick to lead the White House science office told scientists four years ago that "he doesn't know" if there's a climate tipping point and said the planet can be kicked "in the butt really, really hard" and recover."
Trump's replacement for the Obama Clean Power Plan would revive a once-settled legal battle over "New Source Review," a key part of the Clean Air Act that limits many pollutants not related to climate.
"President Trump's diluted Clean Power Plan is unlikely to save the coal industry, but it represents a setback for U.S. efforts to address climate change, analysts say."