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Consumer

Judge Won't Dismiss Suit Claiming Poland Spring Water Isn't From A Spring

"A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as "spring water."

Source: Reuters, 01/03/2025

Calif. Will Require Insurers To Increase Home Coverage In Fire-Prone Areas

"Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires became more destructive will have to again provide policies in fire-prone areas if they want to keep doing business in California under a state regulation announced Monday."

Source: AP, 01/02/2025

WH Scientists Call For National Effort To Curb Groundwater Depletion

"Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers. But in a new report for the White House, scientists say the country is facing serious and unprecedented groundwater challenges that call for the federal government to play a larger role."

Source: LA Times, 12/23/2024

Maryland Sues GORE-TEX Company For Polluting Water With PFAS Chemicals

"Maryland is suing Cecil County-based manufacturing giant W.L. Gore & Associates for knowingly polluting the air and surrounding water with toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)."

Source: CBS News, 12/23/2024

Senator Urges EPA to Release Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks

"Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter this week to issue a final report on the health risks of formaldehyde that is “science-based” and “as strong as possible,” adding that “the agency has an obligation to protect the public from the chemical.”"

Source: ProPublica, 12/23/2024

"Solar for All Likely Protected From Trump’s Roll Back Of Biden’s IRA"

"It may be too late for Donald Trump to follow through on threats to repeal outgoing President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — at least that appears to be the case for the $7 billion Solar For All Program." "The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years"

Source: Floodlight, 12/19/2024

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