Environmental Health

EPA To Undo Approval Of Chevron Plastic-Based Fuels Likely To Cause Cancer

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer."

Source: ProPublica, 10/01/2024

"If Trump Wins The Election, This Is What's At Stake"

"Imagine, for a moment, oil and gas infrastructure carving up Alaska’s far northern tundra, a refuge for migrating caribou and polar bears. Copper-nickel mines on the doorstep of one of the largest wilderness areas east of the Rockies, a nearly 1.1m-acre (450,000-hectare) expanse of pristine lakes and forests full of loons, wolves and moose. Or uranium and coal exploration in once-protected landscapes, including areas bordering the Grand Canyon."

Source: Guardian, 09/30/2024

Residents Near Atlanta Evacuate Due To A Chemical Plant Fire

"Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could be seen from miles away."

Source: AP, 09/30/2024

Death Toll Rises From Helene While Supplies Are Rushed To N.C., Fla.

"Authorities struggled to get water and other supplies to isolated, flood-stricken areas across the U.S. Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm rose. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported 30 people killed due to the storm, and several other fatalities reported in North Carolina Sunday pushed the overall death toll to at least 91 people across several states."

Source: AP, 09/30/2024

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Environmental Health