Environmental Health

"In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water"

"An Alabama town is at risk of losing water access after it disputed rate rises and recent charges by a neighboring water board. The mayor says customers are being “bamboozled.”"

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2025

EPA Just Delayed Reporting Safety Data On 16 Toxic Chemicals. What To Know.

"The Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline for reporting health and safety data for 16 toxic chemicals, including benzene, BPA and vinyl chloride."

Source: Washington Post, 06/13/2025

"California Sues Trump Administration Over Right to Clean Air"

"The state’s latest lawsuit charges the administration with illegally targeting its authority to set tougher vehicle-emission standards. Ten attorneys general from states that follow those rules joined the suit."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2025

"Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales"

"At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/12/2025

Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About Disaster Aid

"The Trump administration will begin dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency later this year, the president announced on Tuesday, setting a tight timeframe for a breakup that many experts warned would likely harm the nation’s ability to respond to disasters."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/12/2025

EPA Says Power Plant Carbon Emissions Aren’t Dangerous. Scientists Disagree.

The Trump EPA on Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution. The Associated Press asked 30 different scientists, experts in climate, health and economics, about the scientific reality behind this proposal. Nineteen of them responded, all saying that the proposal was scientifically wrong and many of them called it disinformation.

Source: AP, 06/12/2025

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