"Wanted: Staff for EPA’s ‘Monumental’ Infrastructure Job" [1]
"EPA will embark on a hiring spree for the agency’s infrastructure campaign, having recently secured authority to bring on an additional 500 employees."
Source: E&E News [2], 02/21/2022
"EPA will embark on a hiring spree for the agency’s infrastructure campaign, having recently secured authority to bring on an additional 500 employees."
"Documents show that Ascend Performance Materials, the nation’s largest emitter of nitrous oxide, is still emitting significant amounts of the climate super-pollutant."
"Efforts by the nation’s largest emitter of nitrous oxide to rein in the release of the potent greenhouse gas are behind schedule, allowing the emissions, which are relatively easy to eliminate, to continue to fuel climate change.
"Legal experts called the filings a ‘creative’ approach to holding the tech giant accountable for misinformation"
"A pair of whistleblower complaints filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month allege Facebook misled investors about its efforts to combat climate change and covid-19 misinformation, according to redacted copies of the documents viewed by The Washington Post.
"Federal auditors announced an investigation Friday of how the government has dealt with lead contamination of drinking water in Benton Harbor, an impoverished, mostly Black city in southwest Michigan."
"Ghost towns, submerged land, and polluted paradises dot the American landscape. Here are some of the most infamous, heartbreaking sites."
"The White House Council on Environmental Quality will release a preliminary mapping tool this morning aimed at identifying communities across the country that would be eligible for federal investment under President Biden’s flagship environmental justice initiative."
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"Residents of a New Hampshire town where drinking water was contaminated with the industrial compounds known as PFAS have elevated rates of several cancers compared to the national average and compared to several nearby communities that were not contaminated with the chemicals, according to a study published today in the journal Environmental Health Insights."
"Faced with an outcry from neighborhood activists, federal civil rights investigations and pressure from the Biden administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday blocked a clout-heavy scrap shredder from opening on Chicago’s Southeast Side."
"The Biden administration is indefinitely freezing decisions about new federal oil and gas drilling as part of a legal brawl with Republican-led states that could significantly impact President Biden’s plans to tackle climate change."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wanted-staff-epa-s-monumental-infrastructure-job
[2] https://www.eenews.net/articles/wanted-staff-for-epas-monumental-infrastructure-job/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-chemical-plant-has-fallen-behind-cutting-nitrous-oxide
[4] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18022022/florida-ascend-plant-super-pollutants/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/whistleblower-alleges-facebook-misled-investors-about-climate
[6] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/18/whistleblower-facebook-sec-climate-change/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/watchdog-probe-epa-handling-city-s-lead-tainted-water
[8] https://apnews.com/article/environment-michigan-state-governments-2d6d8fc72e1cb7d04f30dbd73559967c
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-sacrifice-zones-8-places-we-ve-given-probably-forever
[10] https://www.ehn.org/environmental-ghost-towns-2656721267.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-releases-ej-mapping-tool-amid-rising-scrutiny
[12] https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-releases-ej-mapping-tool-amid-rising-scrutiny/
[13] https://www.sej.org/climate-change-solutions
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-hampshire-town-polluted-pfas-has-elevated-cancer-rates
[15] https://theintercept.com/2022/02/12/pfoa-cancer-new-hampshire-merrimack-pfas-pollution/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chicago-mayor-denies-permit-scrap-shredder-company-vows-fight
[17] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-scrap-shredder-chicago-permit-southeast-side-general-iron-20220218-tcqs2xvpinadpehvtlkk5zzr3a-story.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-admin-halts-new-drilling-legal-fight-over-climate-costs
[19] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/climate/carbon-biden-drilling-climate.html
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