"Six States Sue EPA Over Pesticide Tied To Brain Damage"
"Several states sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday over the agency's decision to allow further use of a pesticide linked to brain damage."
Source: The Hill, 08/08/2019
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Texas Sues Exxon Mobil Over Environmental Violations From Baytown Fire
"The state of Texas is suing Exxon Mobil for environmental violations, including releasing millions of gallons of firefighting wastewater into the Houston Ship Channel after the petrochemical giant’s most recent fire and explosion in Baytown."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/07/2019
"New EPA Lead Standards to Give Utilities Wide Latitude"
"A forthcoming EPA overhaul of standards for lead in drinking water will essentially ban partial lead pipe replacement, in which part of a lead pipe is removed but another part is allowed to remain, Bloomberg Environment has learned."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/02/2019
"Green Group Sues EPA Over Lead Dust Rules It Says Are Too Lax"
"A group of environmental advocates filed a joint lawsuit against EPA on Thursday challenging the agency’s finalized June Dust-Lead Hazard Standards that the group says are too lax to protect families."
Source: The Hill, 08/02/2019
"Explosion, Fire At Exxon Mobil Baytown Plant Injures 37"
"A fire at an Exxon Mobil plant in Baytown Wednesday morning injured 37 people and sent a plume of smoke over a Houston-area chemical facility for the fourth time since April."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/01/2019
"21 State Attorneys General Urge Congress To Take Action on PFAS"
"21 state attorneys general sent a letter urging Congress to pass legislation addressing public health threats from PFAS."
Source: WLNS, 07/31/2019
"EPA Proposal Scraps Limits On Coal Plant Waste"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed scrapping restrictions on arsenic-laden waste from coal-fired power plants."
Source: The Hill, 07/31/2019
"5 Governors Push Presidential Candidates To Aid Great Lakes"
"Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental cleanups."
Source: AP, 07/30/2019
"Inslee Proposes Opening Environmental Justice Office"
"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing to open an office of environmental justice if he is elected president."
Source: The Hill, 07/30/2019
"Toxics: Most School Districts Didn't Test For Lead — GAO"
"Senate Democrats are concerned about lead-based paint in public schools after auditors found that only 12% of districts inspected their campuses for the toxins during the 2016-17 school year."
Source: Greenwire, 07/29/2019
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