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"E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule" [1]

"The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would take formal steps to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a bitter fight over the future of America’s efforts to tackle global warming."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [10], 10/10/2017

CPSC To Manufacturers: Toxic Flame Retardants Ill Advised In Mattresses [11]

"Federal regulators urged manufacturers [last] Thursday to stop using hazardous flame retardants that are known to cause health problems."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: KOMO [14], 10/06/2017

"Trump Nominates a Coal Lobbyist to Be No. 2 at E.P.A." [15]

"President Trump on Thursday nominated Andrew R. Wheeler, a coal lobbyist with links to outspoken deniers of established science on climate change, to help lead the Environmental Protection Agency."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [16], 10/06/2017

An Absent EPA Climate Report, And A Tale Of Two Flooded Superfund Sites [17]

"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 [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [19], 10/03/2017

"E.P.A. Chief’s Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home" [20]

"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 [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [21], 10/03/2017

Arkema Plant Under Criminal Investigation By Harris County DA’s Office [22]

"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 [12]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Houston Chronicle [27], 10/02/2017

"EPA Finds Dioxin Exposed At Superfund Site After Storm, Orders Tests" [28]

"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 [12]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [24]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Reuters [29], 10/02/2017

"Health and Safety Rules Targeted As Trump Begins To Slash Red Tape" [30]

"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 [12]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [31], 10/02/2017

Pittsburgh: "PWSA Looks At Pipe Coatings To Tackle Lead Problem" [32]

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 [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [24]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [35], 09/28/2017

"E.P.A. Threatens to Stop Funding Justice Dept. Environmental Work" [36]

"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."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [37], 09/28/2017

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