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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 1, 2023
EPA’s own scientists concluded in 2016 that the risk value of ethylene oxide is 60 times more toxic than previously understood. In 2016, the EPA updated the air value for ethylene oxide (called an “inhalation unit risk factor”) using more recent and robust science. These standards no longer adequately protect the public.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. Government Accountability Office report in September found that one-in-five water systems across six states had unsafe levels of PFOA and PFOS. It’s frustrating,” he said.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
One notable example of the dangers of living near a refinery is the example of the PES refinery, once the largest stationary source of air pollution and the largest single emitter of toxic pollutants in the Philadelphia area 8. The refining industry is the largest emitter of pollution during malfunctions compared to other industries.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. This, in spite of the fact the PA Supreme Court has specifically declared $1.3 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2
The Energy Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Petitioners include thirty States, State agencies, and local government entities and more than one hundred private companies, cooperatives, and industry trade groups. EPA also cannot require electricity generation to be shifted from coal-burning units to units that use other energy sources as a pollution control technology.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 19, 2018
The Chinese government cited its need to protect public health and the environment, improve domestic waste management, and halt illegal waste imports. pollutants contaminate one-fifth of all Chinese farmland. , The Chinese government estimates that. Within China, the government is trying to reduce waste at-source.
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The Court had little trouble concluding that, despite CARBs apparent four-month delay in disclosing the report, CARB substantially complied with procedural requirements of the APA, even assuming it violated Government Code section 11347.3s requirement to timely add the report to its public rulemaking file. Resources Code, 21080.5(c);
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