"Chemicals: Frustrated By EPA, States Blaze Ahead On PFAS" [1]
"EPA's action plan on toxic chemicals found in drinking water did not satisfy several states that plan to push forward with their own policies."
"EPA's action plan on toxic chemicals found in drinking water did not satisfy several states that plan to push forward with their own policies."
"An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast. "
"When deadly heat waves hit on land, we hear about them. But the oceans can have heat waves, too. They are now happening far more frequently than they did last century and are harming marine life, according to a new study."
"A giant sunfish has washed up on a beach in California, the first time this particular species of the animal has been sighted in the northern hemisphere in 130 years."
"An environmental disaster is unfolding in the Pacific after a large ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Solomon Islands, Australian officials said Friday."
"An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast."
"As the longest offshore oil spill in U.S. history creeps toward its 15th year, the federal government is preparing to launch a determined effort to contain the oil and cap the leaking wells."
"About a dozen mature trees and additional shrubs were cut down and dumped into the Potomac River from Trump National Golf Club property last week, an action that Loudoun County officials say could violate local ordinances covering work on floodplains."
"Widespread and sometimes drastic marine oxygen declines are stressing sensitive species—a trend that will continue with climate change".
"Fish populations are declining as oceans warm, putting a key source of food and income at risk for millions of people around the world, according to new research published Thursday."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemicals-frustrated-epa-states-blaze-ahead-pfas
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[10] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060123043
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-ash-contaminates-groundwater-91-us-coal-plants-tests-show-0
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[13] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04032019/coal-ash-groundwater-contamination-toxic-arsenic-memphis-texas-eip
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ocean-heat-waves-are-threatening-marine-life
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[18] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/climate/marine-heat-waves.html
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/huge-mola-sunfish-washes-northern-waters-1st-time-130-years
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[21] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/04/huge-sunfish-washes-up-in-northern-waters-for-first-time-in-130-years
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/grounded-ship-leaks-80-tons-oil-near-pacific-unesco-site
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania
[25] https://www.apnews.com/671654144ac74b21b05b58675f4d9163
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-ash-contaminates-groundwater-91-us-coal-plants-tests-show
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-trying-end-longest-oil-spill-history-company-fights-back
[28] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/03/02/us-is-trying-end-longest-oil-spill-history-this-company-is-trying-stop-it/?utm_term=.6d60eb4b34c8
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dozen-trees-cut-dumped-potomac-river-trump-golf-club-virginia
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[31] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-news/about-a-dozen-trees-cut-dumped-into-potomac-river-at-trump-golf-club-in-va/2019/02/28/992ce89a-3a14-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html
[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ocean-running-out-breath-scientists-warn
[33] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ocean-is-running-out-of-breath-scientists-warn/
[34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/world-losing-fish-eat-oceans-warm-study-finds
[35] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/climate/fish-climate-change.html
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=339
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=336
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=337
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=338
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=341
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=342
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=343
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=344
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=730