Chemicals

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

Oil Companies Know Carbon Capture Is Not a Climate Solution, Documents Show

"This spring, Democrats wrapped up a nearly three-year investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in climate disinformation, and asked the Department of Justice to pick up where they left off. In House and Senate Democrats’ final report and hearing, investigators concluded that major oil companies had not only misled the public on climate change for decades, but also were continuing to misinform them about the industry’s preferred climate “solutions”— particularly biofuels and carbon capture."

Source: Drilled, 07/30/2024

"Second Trump Term Could Boost Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’, Experts Warn"

"A second Donald Trump presidency would represent a serious threat to dealing with the toxic impact of PFAS “forever chemicals”, as well as other toxins, and could be a danger to the health of millions of Americans, experts and environmental campaigners warn."

Source: Guardian, 07/29/2024

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