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Massive Clean-Up Starts with Removal of Toxic Muck From Passaic River

"LYNDHURST — Crews have finished removing just over 16,000 cubic yards of highly toxic sediment from a six-acre mudflat along the Passaic River, an early step in a multi-year federal cleanup spanning from Garfield down to Newark Bay.

The $20 million project, near Riverside County Park in Lyndhurst, is just a small part of what officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expect to be one of the largest federal Superfund projects in history.

Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 06/11/2014

"Pennsylvania Hindering Chesapeake Bay Cleanup"

"Pennsylvania is falling far short of goals for reducing agricultural water pollutants and urban and suburban runoff that are damaging the ecological health of the Chesapeake Bay, according to a new report by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Choose Clean Water Coalition."

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 06/11/2014

Vermont: "Governor Signs Toxic Chemical Regulations Bill"

"Gov. Peter Shumlin on Tuesday signed into law a program to regulate toxic chemicals in children’s products."

Source: VTDigger, 06/11/2014

"War on Cornfield Pest Sparks Clash Over Insecticide"

"Pesticide use is surging among U.S. corn farmers who are worried that some insects have become resistant to genetically modified versions of the crop."

Source: Businessweek, 06/11/2014

"U.S. Judge Orders ExxonMobil Produce Documents on Arkansas Spill"

"A U.S. federal judge has denied ExxonMobil Corp's bid to dismiss a government lawsuit and instead ordered the oil giant to hand over documents going back decades on a pipeline that ruptured last year and inundated an Arkansas town with oil."

Source: Reuters, 06/11/2014

"Rules Force Washington To Cut Emissions More Than Other States"

"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced strict new carbon emissions regulations. Washington state has the largest reduction target — about 72 percent overall."

Source: KUOW/NPR, 06/11/2014

Coal Exports: "America’s Dirty Secret"

"Shipping coal to China could wipe out the benefits of Obama’s climate-change policy."

Source: Maclean's, 06/11/2014

"FDA, EPA Advise Pregnant Women, Children To Eat More Low-Mercury Fish"

"Federal officials on Tuesday announced major changes in advice to pregnant and breastfeeding women by recommending consumption of at least 8 ounces of low-mercury fish per week."

Source: EHN, 06/11/2014

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EPA Response to SEJ Letter

Beth Parker

Joseph A. Davis, PhD

Society of Environmental Journalists

PO Box 2492, Jenkintown, PA 19046

Ms. Parker, Dr. Davis:

Thank you for your letter to Administrator McCarthy, dated June 5, relating to the rollout and press engagement surrounding the Clean Power Plan on June 2. As the Associate Administrator for External Affairs, Administrator McCarthy asked me to respond.

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