Chemicals

Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions

"A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution releases that emitted 400,000 tons of air pollution over six years, but only 1% of them prompted action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."

Source: Texas Tribune, 03/27/2023

Scientists Uncover Startling Amounts of DDT Along Seafloor Off LA Coast

"First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation's largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean as a huge dumping ground—and that as many as half a million barrels of its acid waste had been poured straight into the water."

Source: LA Times, 03/27/2023

"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees"

"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/24/2023

"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill"

"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."

Source: The Hill, 03/23/2023

"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals"

"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 03/22/2023

"Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable"

"Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has fallen, helping to make electric vehicles more affordable."

Source: NYTimes, 03/22/2023

"Residents Sue St. James Parish To Halt Chemical Plants"

"St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated polluting industries in Black neighborhoods, according to a federal lawsuit."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/22/2023

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