"Cleaner Coal Ash Disposal Gets Bipartisan Support In Virginia"
"Virginia’s toxic legacy of storing coal ash in unlined pits near Chesapeake Bay rivers could be put to rest by a bill that now has bipartisan support."
Source: Bay Journal, 01/28/2019
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Bees Face Yet Another Lethal Threat In Dicamba, A Drift-Prone Pesticide
"While soybean farmers watched the drift-prone weed killer dicamba ravage millions of acres of crops over the last two years, Arkansas beekeeper Richard Coy noticed a parallel disaster unfolding among the weeds near those fields."
Source: Reveal/FERN, 01/24/2019
"EPA Asked To Investigate Improper Inspection Allegations"
"Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate allegations it isn’t properly inspecting facilities that emit the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide."
Source: AP, 01/23/2019
"Indiana Regulators Review Coal Ash Pond Cleanup Plans"
"Indiana environmental regulators are reviewing utilities’ cleanup plans for dozens of coal ash ponds, with one environmental group concerned that the plans don’t do enough to address potential contamination."
Source: AP, 01/22/2019
"EPA Staffers Get Back To Work On Lead Rule"
"EPA employees responsible for lead dust hazard standards are back at the office this week, despite the government shutdown, to ensure the agency can meet a court-ordered deadline."
Source: Greenwire, 01/18/2019
"French Court Cancels Monsanto Weedkiller Permit On Safety Grounds"
"A French court canceled the license for one of Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weedkillers on Tuesday over safety concerns, placing an immediate ban on Roundup Pro 360 in the latest legal blow to the Bayer-owned business."
Source: Reuters, 01/16/2019
"Too Much Salt: Water Desalination Plants Harm Environment: U.N."
"Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the environment, a U.N.-backed study said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/15/2019
Study Questions EPA’s Cancer Classification Of Glyphosate Weed Killer
"Researcher says the EPA has disregarded substantial evidence that the popular herbicide is linked to cancer".
Source: EHN, 01/15/2019
Michigan: "PFAS Response Agency Continues Without Director Or Edict"
"A multi-agency state task force assembled to tackle a ubiquitous chemical contaminant across Michigan continues to operate under the Whitmer administration, but without a director or the executive directive that created it."
Source: Detroit News, 01/15/2019
About 30 Government Workers Got Paid By Mistake Friday, But Not For Long
After a federal payroll division mistakenly paid workers at the Chemical Safety Board, which investigates toxic and hazardous chemical disasters, Trump officials scrambled to claw back the money.
Source: Washington Post, 01/14/2019
