Greens Eye Biden Superfund Reboot For Environmental Justice and Climate
"The EPA’s program for cleaning up the nation’s hazardous waste dumps has a backlog of sites that lack funding—the largest in 15 years."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/28/2020
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"Court Orders EPA To Step Up Asbestos Data Collection"
"In a court ruling hailed by health advocates, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now have to collect data on asbestos imports into the U.S., a federal judge ruled on Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 12/24/2020
"Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Threaten Toxic Superfund Sites"
"Blazes at the imperiled hazardous waste sites could release toxins ranging from acid mine drainage to radioactive smoke."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/24/2020
"Prosecution Dropped Against 2 Environmental Activists"
"State prosecutors have announced they will not pursue felony charges against two New Orleans environmental activists who left plastic pellets on the doorstep of a chemical industry lobbyist."
Source: AP, 12/23/2020
"Federal Lead-Pipe Rule Overhauled For First Time In Decades"
"For the first time in three decades, the federal government on Tuesday overhauled a rule aimed at reducing lead in drinking water across the country — a long-standing scourge made worse by the nation’s weathered and crumbling infrastructure." "But the government is allowing many of the nation’s 6 million lead water pipes to remain in service, and health advocates say risks remain".
Source: Washington Post, 12/23/2020
EPA Tightens Lead Dust Standards. Enviros Say They Don't Go Far Enough
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday tightened standards for how much lead can remain as dust on surfaces such as floors and window sills after lead removal activities, in a move that environmentalists said doesn't go far enough."
Source: The Hill, 12/22/2020
"Stimulus Deal Includes Raft Of Provisions To Fight Climate Change"
"The most substantial federal investment in green technology in a decade includes billions for solar, wind, battery storage and carbon capture. Congress also agreed to cut the use of HFCs, chemicals used in refrigeration that are driving global warming."
Source: Washington Post, 12/22/2020
"Five States Sue EPA Over Rule Limiting Pesticide Safety Enforcement"
"Five states this week sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a rule that narrows the areas where farmers are required to limit human presence during the application of pesticides."
Source: The Hill, 12/21/2020
"Climate Change Legislation Included in Coronavirus Relief Deal"
"Congressional negotiators inserted a bipartisan measure to curtail planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators in the huge government spending and coronavirus relief package that is expected to head to President Trump’s desk on Monday."
Source: NYTimes, 12/21/2020
550+ Green Groups Call for Biden to Act on Plastics Pollution in 2021
"Today, an unusually broad coalition of environmental groups, numbering more than 550, called on the incoming Biden-Harris administration to address plastic pollution alongside fossil fuels, releasing an eight-point platform that largely focuses on ways the next administration could act without a Democratic majority in the Senate."
Source: DeSmog, 12/10/2020
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