"New York's governor on Monday ordered a statewide phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioners and refrigeration systems."
"Environmentalists and community members in Vermilion County [Illinois] have expressed deep concern over the pollution from toxic chemicals seeping from large coal ash ponds into the Middle Fork River in Vermilion County."
"EPA's internal watchdog plans to review the agency's Superfund task force — a top priority of former Administrator Scott Pruitt."
"Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped into Pennsylvania's Allegheny River before 2011 are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream, according to a new study."
"As lawmakers convene on Capitol Hill to finalize the latest federal Farm Bill, environmental advocates warn that a House proposal could put public health at risk by rolling back restrictions on pesticides in 155 communities nationwide."
"When Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line racked up a reported $100 million in sales in its first forty days on the market, it brought attention to a major trend in the beauty industry: the focus on women of color."
"Environmental groups argued in federal appeals court on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to analyze the risks Bayer AG Monsanto’s dicamba-based weed killer posed to nearby crops before approving it in 2016."
"The Trump administration is reviewing a major Obama-era clean air regulation on the emission of mercury — a pollutant linked with damage to the brain, to the nervous system and to fetal development — with the intent of proposing a replacement rule, a spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday."
"Chemours asks in letter to the EPA for help promoting its HFO refrigerants, to stave off natural coolants that cause far less global warming."
"FLINT, MI -- Testing of the Flint River showed rising levels of PFAS contamination before it was used as the city's water source four years ago."
