Pollution

As Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Clouds Of Dangerous Dust Blow Into Boomtowns

"Dozens of dust events probably happen each year across the 120-square-mile playa once covered by the Great Salt Lake. But there are no comprehensive state or federal records of them."

Source: Washington Post, 08/20/2025

GOP Looks To Make A U-Turn On Electric Vehicles For The Postal Service

"A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding."

Source: AP, 08/19/2025

From Landfills to Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers

"The plastics contaminating every corner of the Earth contain thousands of unregulated toxic chemicals. As global plastic talks end without a treaty, health experts say negotiators must consider their toxic cargo."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/18/2025

Environmental Justice Test for Trump EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death

"EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/15/2025

Trump FTC Blocks California’s Emissions Agreement With Truck Manufacturers

"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has declared that an emissions agreement between California and four major truck makers is “unenforceable” — paving the way for noncompliance with the Golden State’s pollution rules, which are stricter than federal standards."

Source: The Hill, 08/15/2025

"Forcing Dirty Power Plants To Stay Open Would Cost Americans Billions"

"The Trump admin’s scheme to keep old fossil-fuel plants running could saddle utility customers with nearly $6 billion a year in unnecessary costs, a report finds."

Source: Canary Media, 08/15/2025

"In Appalachia, Fracking Is Not The Job Creator The Industry Claims"

"As the Trump administration aims to bolster fossil fuels at the expense of clean energy expansion, new research shows the oil and gas sector has so far failed to become a major jobs creator for heavily fracked areas of northern Appalachia."

Source: Canary Media, 08/15/2025

Air Quality Concerns Linger After Coke Plant Explosion In Pennsylvania

"The Pennsylvania county where an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others announced Thursday that it is stepping up air quality monitoring in the area of the sprawling facility that has a troubled environmental record."

Source: AP, 08/15/2025

"Her Dogs Kept Dying, And She Got Cancer. Then They Tested Her Water."

"Debbie Blankenship’s wheelchair carved perfect lines in the grass as she rolled into her backyard garden, passing a wooden arch filled with small grapes, a bush with plump blueberries and yellow crates filled with sprouting potatoes. She stopped at a dirt patch with a burial marker for her beagle — the latest of her dogs to die of cancer."

Source: Washington Post, 08/15/2025

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