Toxics
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Black Lung cases rise, as federal benefits stagnate
The benefit payments miners sick with black lung disease receive are not keeping pace with the cost of living, a new analysis showed. Current …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Report: Fast-growing plastics industry major source of air pollution
The plastics industry is releasing illegal pollution but rarely faces discipline for environmental permit violations, according to a new report by …
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
NM oil and gas pollution lawsuit gets Santa Fe hearing
A court hearing is scheduled this week in a lawsuit claiming New Mexico is violating residents' rights to a clean and healthy environment by not holdi…
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Pesticide-drift concerns still hang over ag industry
Pesticides are still common in agriculture. Organic producers who avoid them have seen ups and downs in pushing for stronger regulations, and they …
New bill would expand PFAS ban for tampons, other consumer items
Colorado lawmakers want to beef up legislation that bans PFAS, so-called forever chemicals, by 2028. Yahn Olson is an associate attorney with …
Dakotas among states still weighing controversial pipeline plan
New public hearings and legal decisions are expected in the coming weeks and months about a controversial pipeline project in the upper Midwest…
Controversial Midwest pipeline plan still in play
New public hearings and legal decisions are expected in the coming weeks and months about a controversial pipeline project in the upper Midwest…
Environmental advocates cheer new EPA clean-car rules
Clean-air groups are calling the Biden administration's new rules on vehicle pollution the single biggest action the Environmental Protection Agency h…
Experts: New EPA air pollution standards a win for public health
The Environmental Protection Agency has set new air pollution standards under the federal Clean Air Act for cars and light/medium vehicle models from …
Biomass company bankruptcy filing shows industry’s instability
Biomass producer Enviva's recent bankruptcy filing is being considered a sign of the industry's volatility. Recent financial challenges have …
Nurses voice support for new EPA light/medium vehicle air pollution rules
The Environmental Protection Agency has set new air pollution standards under the federal Clean Air Act for cars and light/medium vehicle models from …
CA referendum would lift ban on new oil wells near homes
A referendum on the ballot this fall gives California voters the chance to either uphold or reject a law which would require oil and gas wells to be s…