"The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town"
"An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all too uncertain."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/26/2025
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Fla. Plan to Build Road With Radioactive Waste Prompts Suit Against the EPA
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project late last year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2025
"How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick"
"Scientists launch a new research center to study what they say is now a leading disease risk factor: corporations."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/20/2025
"EPA Plan For LA Wildfire Cleanup Stirs Protests Over Toxic Dangers"
"Demonstrators have protested against an expedited cleanup process that would involve using a beloved beach as a toxic waste sorting site"
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2025
"National Science Foundation Fires Roughly 10% Of Its Workforce"
"The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce in the name of efficiency."
Source: NPR, 02/19/2025
"Food Head At FDA Quits Citing Trump Administration’s Mass Staff Cuts"
"The head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit in protest over sweeping staff cuts that he warns will hamper the agency’s ability to protect public health."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2025
As Trump Upends EPA, Cleanups Of America’s Most Toxic Sites Are Uncertain
"Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century."
Source: AP, 02/18/2025
Mexico Orders Factory Cleanup After Guardian Toxic Waste Investigation
"Mexican environmental regulators say they have discovered 30,000 tons of improperly stored material with “hazardous characteristics” in the yard of a Mexican plant that is recycling toxic waste shipped from the US."
Source: Guardian, 02/14/2025
"Undocumented Workers Prepare to Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids"
"In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles last month, undocumented day laborers will likely make up a significant portion of the workforce tasked with clearing debris and rebuilding homes. As they navigate the environmental hazards of this work, they’re also facing the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on immigrants."
Source: Capital & Main, 02/14/2025
"Coca-Cola Says It May Use More Plastic Due To Trump Tariffs"
"Coca-Cola may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the US if President Donald Trump's tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive, the company's chief executive, James Quincey, said in a call with investors."
Source: BBC News, 02/14/2025
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