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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier this year, environmental health advocates scored a big win when the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) updated the ethylene oxide sterilizer rule requiring commercial sterilizers to significantly lower their emissions. Overburdened communities are not being protected fast enough by these incremental approaches.

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Chile’s Lithium Boom: A Green Revolution or Environmental Ruin?

Law Columbia

The Regulation of Lithium in Chile: Between Economic Exploitation and Environmental Protection Chiles prominence in the global lithium market, alongside Australia, is underpinned by its vast reserves and central role in emerging green industries such as electromobility, battery manufacturing, and green hydrogen.

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State Fire Commissioner: Improper Disposal Of Rechargeable Batteries Is Leading To More, And More Dangerous Fires

PA Environment Daily

In March 2022, a fire attributed to a rechargeable battery burned down a Penn Waste facility in York County. Additional information can be found at the recently launched Environmental Protection Agency website , which is dedicated to questions on lithium-ion batteries.

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PEER Files Request for Correction Regarding Verification Analysis for PFAS in Pesticide Products

Nanotech

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) announced on May 28, 2024, that it filed a request for correction (RFC) under the Information Quality Act (IQA) regarding a U.S.

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NPL Listing Upheld for Groundwater Plume with No Identified Source

MGKF Law

Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) by holding that a groundwater plume can be listed as a Superfund Site on the National Priorities List (“NPL”) pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § July 8, 2022).

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Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House

PA Environment Daily

The bill would establish an Interdepartmental Coordinating Task Force in the Department of Health, with the Department of Environmental Protection, to oversee the collection and analysis of baseline health and environmental data related to the impact of oil and natural gas facilities on public health and safety. In 2015, Rep.

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Spokespeople available to comment on the Provincial-Municipal Housing Summit, including housing affordability facts and key required actions

Enviromental Defense

However, Minister Clark’s recent statements suggest any discussion on the well-founded concerns about out-of-reach rents and home prices will be little more than a pretext to demand urban boundary expansions onto farms and forests and the reduction of environmental protections, neither of which will increase housing supply or address affordability.