Tag: water pollution
EPA announces new plan to regulate wastewater pollution with updated guidelines...
"Importantly and for the first time, EPA is committing to limit PFAS in wastewater discharges.”
EPA enforcement in distress — and more trouble is brewing
The White House has now quietly and ominously asked polluters to help identify new opportunities for deregulation.
Toxic chemicals found in rainwater and drinking water throughout the US
"When your water is polluted with toxic PFAS, it's not much comfort to know who is polluting it."
The fracking industry’s water nightmare
Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and that is something the industry won’t be able to ignore.
Tons of plastic trash enter the Great Lakes every year –...
According to recent estimates, over 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans every year.
Tell Tyson Foods to clean up its pollution
Sign the petition to tell Tyson Foods to clean up their pollution and stop polluting our waterways.
China invests $100B in water clean-up projects
For the people's sake, let’s hope China is able to meet their 2017 goals, and perhaps inspire other countries to follow suit.
After Lead Contamination in House Office Building’s Water, Lawmakers Demand EPA...
61 representatives are demanding the EPA improves its lead regulations after learning that the drinking water in one of the Congressional office buildings had been shut off due to lead contamination.
Meat Is Murdering American Rivers
Government data shows that food processing plants are the biggest toxic polluters of waterways in the U.S.
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.