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Notorious WV Chemical Plant Polluting Water With Toxic PFAS, Lawsuit Claims [1]

"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, a new lawsuit alleges."

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Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
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Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 01/28/2025
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EPA Proposal For Pesticide Tied To Reproductive Harm Lands Back With Trump [11]

"US environmental regulators are planning to change allowable levels of a weedkiller linked with reproductive health problems to a concentration critics say discounts years of documented health and environmental risks — potentially marking a new battlefront within the Trump administration."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [15], 01/27/2025
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"Along With Devastation, LA Fires Bring Health Hazards in Smoke and Ash" [16]

"Here's what you need to know about toxic fallout from a major wildfire"

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [4]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [20]
Source: Sierra [21], 01/27/2025
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EPA Takes Unprecedented Step To Remove Uranium Waste From Navajo Nation [22]

"The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land"

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [6]
Waste [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: High Country News [27], 01/27/2025
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Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater [28]

"Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic PFAS chemicals in industrial wastewater."

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Infrastructure [4]
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Pollution [6]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [30], 01/27/2025
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Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies [31]

"The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws." EPA, Energy Dept., Interior, Commerce, Agriculture are included in the list.

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Pollution [6]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [33], 01/27/2025
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"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists" [34]

"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [36], 01/27/2025
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As Workers Clean Up After The LA Fires, Can The State Keep Them Safe? [37]

"The LA fires have left domestic workers and day laborers jobless. They may soon be hired for wildfire cleanup work, where they can be exposed to ash and other toxins."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
California [20]
Source: CalMatters [38], 01/24/2025
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Trump’s No. 2 Pick for EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm [39]

"The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution." "David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [42], 01/23/2025
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"Two Industry Officials Expected to Help Oversee E.P.A. Chemical Rules" [43]

"A former chemical-industry executive who fought against stronger regulations under the first Trump administration is returning to take a critical role at the Environmental Protection Agency, two people with knowledge of the appointment said, raising concerns of corporate influence on chemical safety regulations."

Agriculture [12]
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Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [44]
Wildlife [45]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [46], 01/23/2025
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