Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion April 17, 2023
The Biden administration last week proposed hitting the accelerator on the transition to electric vehicles. If these ambitious new rules are enacted, the U.S. could make major progress in fighting climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released new pollution standards for passenger cars and trucks that would be the strongest vehicle emission regulations to date. To comply, automakers would have to significantly increase... + full article
Newsweek USA Nation April 11, 2023
A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of soil contaminated with toxic chemicals from the train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio crashed on Monday evening while en route to a disposal site.In a statement, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that roughly half of the... + más
Norfolk Southern commits $300K to East Palestine school district, reimburses fire department $825K | ABC News
Can you reuse your potting soil? Probably, and here's how: LSU Garden News | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Business March 06, 2023
The says the state is violating federal law by allowing manufacturers to release toxic air pollutants in amounts greater than their permits specify during plant startups, shutdowns and malfunctions, including those resulting from hurricanes, tropical storms or accidents.EPA... + más
NFL Playoff Scenarios | ABC News
Le Krewe du Roi celebrates the state at 58th annual Mardi Gras Ball | The Advocate
Politico USA Politics March 03, 2023
EPA on Thursday ordered Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins, a family of toxic chemicals that cause cancer and various other ailments, at the site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train crash. The order followed weeks of complaints by local residents that EPA wasn’t... + más
EPA orders testing for highly toxic dioxins at Ohio derailment site | Portland Press Herald
Ohio senators raise alarm on cancer-causing chemical potentially spreading in East Palestine | Fox News
The Advocate USA Business January 27, 2023
The rare use of high-tech helicopter surveillance has led to federal pollution violation notices for a list of Louisiana oil and gas facilities, documents and officials say, with the inspections having targeted a wide range of plants throughout the state.The overflights using an... + más
Shop and learn at the Fall Garden Show in City Park. It's just in time to help plan new flowerbeds | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Business January 12, 2023
A controversial chemical plant near LaPlace is pushing back against mounting pressure from federal regulators to reduce emissions of a likely cancer-causing chemical.The neoprene manufacturing plant on Wednesday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over longstanding air... + más
Denka tests method to reduce some chloroprene emissions, while EPA orders new monitoring | The Advocate
EPA says Denka wastes emitting likely cancer-causing chemical stored at site | The Advocate
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion December 20, 2022
While the Inflation Reduction Act injects $370 billion in , which will bring with them significant health benefits, there is still more work to do to combat climate change. To celebrate and remember the 12 Days of Christmas, the greatest gift the Biden administration could... + más
NFL Week 4: Across the league, teams have hit the ground running this year | The Boston Globe
Hallmark releases Christmas lineup with 40 new movies | 10 WBNS
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics October 14, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – The said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an and that state officials have allowed air pollution to remain high and downplayed its threat.The agency's 56-page letter to Louisiana officials describes early... + más
EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' | Associated Press
EPA says state agencies' regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents | The Advocate
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