Environmental Health

Public [5]

Source: NY Times [7], 10/06/2017

Read more about "Trump Nominates a Coal Lobbyist to Be No. 2 at E.P.A." [1]

An Absent EPA Climate Report, And A Tale Of Two Flooded Superfund Sites [8]

"Hurricane Harvey flooded more than a dozen Superfund toxic waste sites when it devastated the Texas coast in late August. An EPA report predicted the possibility of climate-related problems at toxic waste sites like those in Texas, but the page detailing the report on the agency's website was made inactive months before the storm."

Climate Change [9]

Journalism & Media [10]

Public [5]

Source: NPR [11], 10/03/2017

Read more about An Absent EPA Climate Report, And A Tale Of Two Flooded Superfund Sites [8]

"E.P.A. Chief’s Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home" [12]

"For lunch on April 26, Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dined with top executives from Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest coal-burning electric utilities, at Equinox, a white-tablecloth favorite of Washington power brokers."

Economy & Business [13]

Energy & Fuel [2]

Public [5]

Source: NY Times [15], 10/03/2017

Read more about "E.P.A. Chief’s Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home" [12]

Arkema Plant Under Criminal Investigation By Harris County DA’s Office [16]

"The Arkema chemical plant — already facing multiple lawsuits over explosions of a volatile chemical in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey — is under criminal investigation by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, officials confirmed Friday."

Chemicals [17]

Disasters [18]

Pollution [19]

Public [5]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]

Source: Houston Chronicle [22], 10/02/2017

Read more about Arkema Plant Under Criminal Investigation By Harris County DA’s Office [16]

"EPA Finds Dioxin Exposed At Superfund Site After Storm, Orders Tests" [23]

"Cancer-causing dioxins leached from a Superfund site along a Texas river during Hurricane Harvey flooding, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said, triggering calls on Friday for the toxic waste to be permanently moved."

Chemicals [17]

Disasters [18]

Pollution [19]

Public [5]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]

Source: Reuters [24], 10/02/2017

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"Health and Safety Rules Targeted As Trump Begins To Slash Red Tape" [25]

"When disaster hits the chemical plants in Port Arthur, Texas, triggering fires like those that flared in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Hilton Kelley is the man fielding panicked calls from neighbors unsure whether they should evacuate their homes."

Chemicals [17]

Disasters [18]

Public [5]

Source: Reuters [26], 10/02/2017

Read more about "Health and Safety Rules Targeted As Trump Begins To Slash Red Tape" [25]

Pittsburgh: "PWSA Looks At Pipe Coatings To Tackle Lead Problem" [27]

A new technology for coating the inside of lead service pipes could save homeowners money and make expensive replacement unnecessary. It is being tested.

Economy & Business [13]

Pollution [19]

Technology [28]

Public [5]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [30], 09/28/2017

Read more about Pittsburgh: "PWSA Looks At Pipe Coatings To Tackle Lead Problem" [27]

"E.P.A. Threatens to Stop Funding Justice Dept. Environmental Work" [31]

"Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator who has aggressively pushed to dismantle regulations and downsize the organization, is threatening to reach outside his agency and undermine the Justice Department’s work enforcing antipollution laws, documents and interviews show."

Pollution [19]

Public [5]

Source: NY Times [32], 09/28/2017

Read more about "E.P.A. Threatens to Stop Funding Justice Dept. Environmental Work" [31]

"Farmworkers’ Dilemma: Affordable Housing, but Undrinkable Water" [33]

"A sprawl of mobile home parks house 10,000 people in Southern California’s Coachella Valley, but their drinking water is chronically contaminated. Now some solutions are in sight."

Agriculture [34]

People & Population [35]

Pollution [19]

Public [5]

California [36]

Source: Water Deeply [37], 09/27/2017

Read more about "Farmworkers’ Dilemma: Affordable Housing, but Undrinkable Water" [33]

"EPA Removes Waste At Texas Toxic Sites, Won’t Say From Where" [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency says it has recovered 517 containers of 'unidentified, potentially hazardous material' from highly contaminated toxic waste sites in Texas that flooded last month during Hurricane Harvey. The agency has not provided details about which Superfund sites the material came from, why the contaminants at issue have not been identified and whether there’s a threat to human health."

Chemicals [17]

Disasters [18]

Government [39]

Journalism & Media [10]

Pollution [19]

Public [5]