Michigan: "Invasive Reed Poses Challenge To Habitat Project"
"State wants to improve wildlife habitat in St. Johns Marsh but some worry about possible impacts from using herbicide".
Source: Port Huron Times Herald, 09/21/2018
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Vermont: "Officials Call For Statewide Lead Testing In Schools"
"The Vermont Department of Health recommends every school test its water for lead after the state found contamination in 16 schools."
Source: AP, 09/21/2018
Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took On Big Chemical Companies — and Won
"The people who wrote an ordinance banning the aerial spraying of pesticides in western Oregon last year aren’t professional environmental advocates."
Source: The Intercept, 09/17/2018
EPA Assesses Threat To Some, But Not All, Superfund Sites In Flo’s Path
"The Environmental Protection Agency is assessing the vulnerability of at least 40 toxic waste sites that could be damaged by Hurricane Florence in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. But that review does not include dozens of inland Superfund sites that potentially could be flooded by the storm’s fluctuating path."
Source: McClatchy, 09/13/2018
"In Hurricane Florence’s Path: Giant Toxic Coal Ash Piles"
"Dozens of toxic coal ash piles across the Southeast are in the path of what is forecast to be days of torrential rains and flash flooding from Hurricane Florence."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/13/2018
EPA Proposes Adding W Virginia Town To Superfund Cleanup Priority List
"For decades, since a local company dumped untold amounts of industrial chemicals nearby, residents of Minden, W.Va., have been searching for answers."
Source: Washington Post, 09/12/2018
New York Moves to Phase Out Climate Super-Pollutants Used for Cooling
"New York's governor on Monday ordered a statewide phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioners and refrigeration systems."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/11/2018
Illinois: "Riverbank Near Coal Ash Ponds Found Unstable"
"Environmentalists and community members in Vermilion County [Illinois] have expressed deep concern over the pollution from toxic chemicals seeping from large coal ash ponds into the Middle Fork River in Vermilion County."
Source: Investigate Midwest, 09/10/2018
"EPA: IG To Audit Pruitt's Superfund Task Force"
"EPA's internal watchdog plans to review the agency's Superfund task force — a top priority of former Administrator Scott Pruitt."
Source: Greenwire, 09/10/2018
Radioactive Fracking Chemicals Dumped In Allegheny R Still In Mussels
"Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped into Pennsylvania's Allegheny River before 2011 are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 09/07/2018
