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North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for PFAS

"The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has privately leaned on the state’s powerful Environmental Management Commission to delay critical PFAS rules, emails obtained under state public records law show, including providing members with the résumé of a scientist who has downplayed the toxicity of the compounds."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/02/2024

"Court Stymies EPA Enforcement Push At ‘Cancer Alley’ Plant"

"A federal appellate court has effectively blocked EPA from swift enforcement of stricter regulations on a Louisiana synthetic rubber manufacturer that has featured prominently in the Biden administration’s campaign to target pollution in the area often dubbed “Cancer Alley.”

Source: E&E News, 08/02/2024

"Michigan Notches A Victory In Effort To Rein In Polluting Farm Waste"

"In a rare rebuke to the industrial farm sector, the Michigan Supreme Court this week ruled that state environmental regulators have full authority to require livestock and poultry operations to improve their handling of billions of pounds of manure that contributes to contamination of waterways."

Source: The New Lede, 08/02/2024

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