Tag: EPA
Court orders EPA to establish lead hazard standards in structures to...
According to the Centers for Disease and Control, there is no safe level of exposure of lead for children and the most common cause of lead poisoning is from ingesting lead dust.
In ‘critical and totally doable first step,’ EPA proposes phasedown of...
With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, “EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden’s ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,” said the agency’s administrator.
Living near a toxic waste site could lower life expectancy by...
“The long-term effect of the flooding and repetitive exposure has an effect that can transcend generations.”
After four dark years under Trump, words ‘climate’ and ‘science’ are...
“You deserve access to science and data,” new EPA Administrator Michael Regan says.
Federal court tosses Trump’s clean power plan replacement
“Today’s decision is the perfect Inauguration Day present for America.”
Biden can restore the EPA, but it will require steadfast effort
The Biden administration must focus on science and enforcement, reverse Trump deregulation efforts and reenergize EPA employment.
EPA approves use of herbicides linked to cancer and crop cross...
Dicamba, the main ingredient in the three herbicides, is "highly volatile and can easily drift onto unprotected neighboring fields from fields of crops genetically engineered to withstand it."
Trump’s EPA dismisses dangers of chlorpyrifos on children’s brain downplaying agency’s...
“The EPA is ignoring decades of science by leading universities and in doing so, it's neglecting its duty to protect children from pesticides.”
EPA chief previews a second Trump term: More deregulation, fewer environmental...
He also used his platform to say the agency would focus less on preventive measures that stop pollution, but concentrate on the cleanup of toxic areas.
Thousands of pollution monitoring exemptions made to oil and gas industry...
“It’s like saying, ‘We’re going to remove the radar guns and remove speedometers, but you still have to comply with the speed limit. That doesn’t make sense.”
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The President from Hell (and High Water)
Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson
The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire
State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed
For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.
Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans
Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.