Tag: EPA
The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate carbon pollution...
The U.S. has entered a new era of administrative law, with an activist court asserting its power to curtail what it perceives as the excesses of regulatory agencies – and not always waiting for those agencies to complete their work.
US Court of Appeals overturns EPA’s decision that glyphosate is safe...
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s pesticide, is the most widely used pesticide in the world.
EPA revises health advisory for PFAS pollution in US water systems
The new health advisory finds no safe level for "forever chemicals" in United States water systems.
20 million acres of U.S. cropland may be contaminated by PFAS...
“The EPA could today require treatment plants to test sludge for PFAS and warn farmers that they may be contaminating fields, but it has refused to do so.”
EPA expected to extend use of bee-killing pesticides
“These insecticides are not helping the productivity of crops on fields — it seems an amazing effort to blanket all these acres with something that doesn’t have a return on investment."
U.S. consumers exposed to BPA at levels 5,000x above EU recommendations
U.S. consumers are exposed to more than 5,000 times more bisphenol-A (BPA) than the EU considers safe, and that has prompted environmental...
EPA to require Midwestern utilities clean up coal ash waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold utilities in several Midwestern states accountable for coal ash waste. The agency announced it will...
EPA’s first new air pollutant addition in 30 years reveals agency...
Here is proof that the EPA's environmental laws aren't working.
EPA finds two widely used pesticides harm majority of endangered species
Atrazine and glyphosate are both causing severe harm to many of the plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.
EPA to reconsider the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone
"The Environmental Protection Agency now has an opportunity to strengthen our national, health-based standards for ground-level ozone."
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Unveiling the titans of carbon: How 57 companies drive the global climate crisis
The quest to curb emissions becomes not just a matter of individual or national effort but a pressing need for accountability at the corporate level.
Ukraine, Israel, and the incoherence of US foreign policy
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