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Ex-government health chief joins warnings about EPA proposal
A former top government environmental health official joined health experts in expressing alarm as the Trump administration moves forward with a proposal that scientists say would upend how the U.S. regulates threats to public health. “It will practically lead to the elimination of science from decision-making,” said Linda Birnbaum, who retired last month as director […]
Ex-government health chief joins warnings about EPA proposal
A former top government environmental health official joined health experts in expressing alarm as the Trump administration moves forward with a proposal that scientists say would upend how the U.S. regulates threats to public health. “It will practically lead to the elimination of science from decision-making,” said Linda Birnbaum, who retired last month as director […]
Trump administration eases Obama-era rules on coal pollution
The Trump administration has accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country’s coal-fired power plants, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from coal plants and keeping them from washing into groundwater and waterways. The new proposals — the latest in a series of regulatory […]
Georgia plant agrees to close in fight over gas emissions
Georgia officials reached an agreement this week to temporarily shut down a medical sterilization facility that uses a gas that studies have linked to an increased risk of cancer. A Newton County judge signed off on a deal between the state and Becton, Dickinson and Co. to close the plant in the Atlanta suburb of […]
Georgia plant agrees to close in fight over gas emissions
Georgia officials reached an agreement this week to temporarily shut down a medical sterilization facility that uses a gas that studies have linked to an increased risk of cancer. A Newton County judge signed off on a deal between the state and Becton, Dickinson and Co. to close the plant in the Atlanta suburb of […]
Farmers blame Trump for biofuels rule they view as betrayal
Agriculture commodity groups and some farmers expressed frustration and anger with a rule released by the Environmental Protection Agency that they said fails to uphold a promise President Donald Trump made 12 days ago to fulfill the intent of an ethanol law passed by Congress. Since Trump became president, the EPA has given 85 oil […]
Farmers blame Trump for biofuels rule they view as betrayal
Agriculture commodity groups and some farmers expressed frustration and anger with a rule released by the Environmental Protection Agency that they said fails to uphold a promise President Donald Trump made 12 days ago to fulfill the intent of an ethanol law passed by Congress. Since Trump became president, the EPA has given 85 oil […]
EPA proposes rewrite of rules on lead contamination in water
The Trump administration has proposed a rewrite of rules for dealing with lead pipes contaminating drinking water, but critics say the changes appear to give water systems decades more time to replace pipes leaching dangerous amounts of toxic lead. Contrary to regulatory rollbacks in many other environmental areas, the administration has called dealing with lead […]
EPA proposes rewrite of rules on lead contamination in water
The Trump administration has proposed a rewrite of rules for dealing with lead pipes contaminating drinking water, but critics say the changes appear to give water systems decades more time to replace pipes leaching dangerous amounts of toxic lead. Contrary to regulatory rollbacks in many other environmental areas, the administration has called dealing with lead […]
Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a move critics said would result in less fuel efficient cars that create more planet-warming pollution. In a tweet, Trump said his action would result in less expensive, safer cars. He […]
Federal plan to end state mileage standards draws criticism
The Trump administration is poised to revoke California’s authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy. Gloria Bergquist, spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said her group was among those invited to attend a formal announcement of the rollback […]
Energy company agrees to close Illinois coal plant in 2022
Texas-based Vistra Energy has agreed to shutter a coal power facility in central Illinois by the end of 2022 under a preliminary settlement with environmental groups that sued the plant in 2013. The Sierra Club announced Monday that the agreement with Vistra Energy affiliate Illinois Power Resources Generating to close the E.D. Edwards coal plant […]
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