Tag: EPA
‘Mistaken’ Release of Glyphosate Report Raises Questions Over EPA’s Ties to...
Monsanto has vehemently denied cancer claims of its blockbuster product and has demanded a retraction of the IARC report.
The EPA Hasn’t Updated Fracking Rules In Nearly 3 Decades. Now,...
“Waste from the oil and gas industry is very often toxic and should be treated that way."
Water Water Everywhere…
“We have many more cities like Flint all over our great nation. We have bridges and roads that are in disrepair. Our train system pales in comparison to any other one in any other of the industrialized nations. This is just for starters.”
Americans Do Not Care About Environmental Problems
“We currently see both the EPA and the Obama administration trying to pursue policies that are aimed at the average Americans. The radical environmentalists do not manage to reach people and cannot convince US citizens about the severity of environmental problems.”
Supreme Court Backs EPA, Refuses to Block Mercury Emissions Rule
The Mercury and Air Toxic Standards rule, which tightens restrictions on harmful pollutants that are byproducts of burning coal, was challenged by 20 states
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Latest Effort to Block Air Pollution Rule
Twenty states tried to derail the Obama administration’s mercury regulation.
How Badly Did The Supreme Court Damage Obama’s Climate Plan?
Whoever gets elected president, and controls the EPA, will literally change the course of the world.
Caving to Coal Interests, Supreme Court Blocks Key Climate Action
"We’re disappointed the rule has been stayed, but you can’t stay climate change and you can’t stay climate action," says EPA spokesperson.
Court Issues Order to Hold Biggest Polluters Accountable for Cleanup Costs
The U.S. Court of Appeals has recently decided it was time for polluters to pay for the destruction they have caused instead of making American taxpayers foot the bill.
Under Heavy Criticism For Handling Of Flint’s Water Crisis, EPA Official...
The official in charge of America’s Midwest region may have resigned, but the EPA is not solely to blame.
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White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses
While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.
A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse
One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths
Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.