Pollution

"Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas"

"Companies plan to build more than 100 new gas-fired power plants in Texas in the next few years amid a race to meet enormous electrical demand from energy-hungry industries, according to a report released Wednesday by the Environmental Integrity Project, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit."

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

"Toxic Truth? The Cookware Craze Redefining ‘Ceramic’ And ‘Nontoxic’"

"The cookware industry has entered a golden age, largely driven by the wild success of a new generation of “nontoxic” and “nonstick” designer ceramic pans backed by stars including Selena Gomez, Stanley Tucci and Oprah Winfrey. But the pans are probably not “nontoxic” some independent testing and research suggests."

Source: Guardian, 06/11/2025

EPA Drops Complaint vs. Major Trump Donor Over Disinfectant in ICE Facility

"The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a legal complaint filed last year against the GEO Group, a major donor to President Donald Trump that has more than $1 billion in contracts with the administration to run private prisons and ICE detention facilities."

Source: ProPublica, 06/11/2025

"A Proposal For A Massachusetts Wood-Burning Plant Is Back From The Dead"

"A plan to build a wood-burning power plant in a Massachusetts city once dubbed the asthma capital of the country could be springing back to life years after state and local officials struck it down — and opponents are ready to renew their fight against what many call a ​“zombie project.”"

Source: Canary Media, 06/10/2025

In Highly Polluted Ala. Black Community, Trump Axes Funds for Air Monitoring

"Residents in majority-Black north Birmingham, Alabama, have long been subjected to industrial pollution. The new administration has cut funding for a program aimed at measuring the impact." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/10/2025

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