Environmental Health

Company Decides Not To Rebuild Ga. Chlorine Plant With History Of Fires

"The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided not to rebuild the main manufacturing facility in Conyers."

Source: AP, 05/20/2025

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Environmental Grant Funding

"A federal judge said Monday he would order the Trump administration to restore $176 million granted by Congress to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities nationwide."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/20/2025

"Helene’s Unheard Warnings"

"As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions are grim. Communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains are particularly vulnerable. But there are no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these rivers and creeks. Few grasp what’s coming."

Source: ProPublica, 05/20/2025

"Trump Orders The Government To Stop Enforcing Rules He Doesn’t Like"

"At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration." "Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed."

Source: Washington Post, 05/19/2025

15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs

"Satellite imagery shows the worst sites worldwide for oil slicks and methane emissions. Report authors expect pollution will only increase as the Trump administration opens more waters to drilling."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2025

Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds"

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

Source: NYTimes, 05/19/2025

"Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat"

"A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2025

Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia

"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."

Source: AP, 05/19/2025

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