Environmental Health

"Juliette Residents Concerned About Coal Ash From Georgia Power Plant"

"Residents of the city of Juliette are rallying behind a pair of bills working through the state legislature that would require more stringent standards for the disposal of coal ash."

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 02/19/2020

"Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill Fined For Excessive Contaminated Runoff"

"The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill will pay a $24,000 fine for violations involving the improper disposal of shale gas drilling waste and contaminated liquids in 2019, according to terms of a state Department of Environmental Protection consent order announced Tuesday."

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 02/19/2020

"Bald Eagles Across The United States Are Dying From Lead Poisoning"

"Bald eagles across the United States are dying from lead bullets -- but it's not because they're being shot. The Cape Fear Raptor Center, North Carolina's largest eagle rehab facility, has treated seven eagles in the past month for lead poisoning, executive director Dr. Joni Shimp told CNN."

Source: CNN, 02/18/2020

Peach Grower Awarded $265 Million From Bayer, BASF in Weedkiller Lawsuit

"A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at least 140 similar cases head to U.S. courts later this year."

Source: Reuters, 02/18/2020

EPA Poised for Mercury Rule Rollback That Industry Doesn't Want

"For more than three years, the Trump administration has prided itself on working with industry to unshackle companies from burdensome environmental regulations. But as the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to finalize the latest in a long line of rollbacks, the nation’s power sector has sent a different message: Thanks, but no thanks."

Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2020

Gunasekara, Who Pushed Trump To Exit Paris Pact, Named EPA Staff Chief

"Mandy Gunasekara, who pressed for President Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement as the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air-policy adviser, is poised to return to the agency as its next chief of staff, according to two individuals briefed on the matter."

Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2020

"South Sudan Ignores Reports On Oil Pollution, Birth Defects"

"The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese, and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press."

Source: AP, 02/14/2020

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