"Trump-ERA EPA Chemicals Chief To Lead Pesticides Group"
"Alexandra Dunn, who led the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention for two years, has been named CropLife America’s new president and CEO."
Source: E&E News, 02/21/2024
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"Biden Admin Advances Two-Pronged Clampdown On Toxic Air Pollution"
"The Biden administration is advancing two major rules to limit toxic air pollution from refineries, coal-fired power plants and other industrial operations."
Source: E&E News, 02/20/2024
‘They Lied’: Plastics Producers Deceived Public About Recycling - Report
"Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2024
Pregnant Women In Indiana Show 4X Increase In Toxic Weedkiller In Urine
"Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2024
"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle"
"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."
Source: Washington Post, 02/19/2024
"Report Blasts ‘Campaign Of Fraud’ On Plastic Recycling"
"A new report aims to lay the foundation for future legal action against oil and plastics companies for deceiving the public about the efficacy of plastics recycling."
Source: E&E News, 02/16/2024
"The Plastics Industry Would Like A Word With Your Kids"
"Wearing a lab coat, Eve Vitale asked a chemistry class at Warren Mott High School if anyone had heard anything bad about plastics. Hands shot up. It doesn’t degrade, said one student. It hurts the environment, said another. But “that’s not really the plastic’s fault,” said Vitale, chief executive of the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation, a group of industry professionals. “That’s the fault of humanity.”"
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2024
"Google To Share Oil And Gas Methane Leaks Spotted From Space"
"Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2024
Giant Baytown Refinery Complex Wants To Expand Amid Community Backlash
"Exxon’s Baytown complex in the Houston-area has the third largest oil refinery in the U.S. and is requesting permit renewal for its olefins plant despite repeated violations to the Clean Air Act."
Source: EHN, 02/15/2024
"EPA Again OKs Use Of Toxic Herbicide Linked To Parkinson’s Disease"
"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on its controversial finding that a toxic herbicide is safe for use across millions of acres of American cropland, despite what public health advocates characterize as virtual “scientific proof” the product causes Parkinson’s disease."
Source: Guardian, 02/13/2024
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