Progressives Bet Drinking Water Can Help Flip A House Seat In Nebraska
"An ad backing Green New Deal Democrat Kara Eastman in the Omaha area race casts GOP Rep. Don Bacon as a polluters’ stooge."
Source: HuffPost, 10/29/2020
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"Parents Sue Chlorpyrifos Makers Corteva, Dow Over Child’s Autism"
"The farmworker parents of a girl with autism, obesity, and vision problems are suing Dow Chemical Co., Corteva, a California town, and two pesticide application companies, claiming that exposure to the powerful insecticide chlorpyrifos led to her significant health problems."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/29/2020
Auditor Slams CA For Exide Cleanup Delays, Sees Costs Near $650 Million
"The cleanup of thousands of lead-contaminated homes, child-care centers, schools and parks surrounding the closed Exide battery recycling facility in Vernon is running behind schedule and over budget due to poor management by California regulators and has left children at continued risk of poisoning, according to a state audit released Tuesday."
Source: LA Times, 10/28/2020
"EPA OKs Soybean, Cotton Farmers’ Use of Dicamba Weedkiller"
"Farmers can continue to use dicamba for five years, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Tuesday, offering certainty to cotton and soybean growers who are the most frequent users of the weedkiller make by Bayer AG, BASF SE, and Syngenta AG."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/28/2020
"How the Waters Off Catalina Became a DDT Dumping Ground"
"Decades ago, the Los Angeles coast was a dumping ground for thousands of barrels of acid sludge laced with the toxic pesticide DDT. The ocean buried the evidence for generations. No one could see it — until now."
Source: LA Times, 10/26/2020
"North Dakota Seeks To Repurpose Coronavirus Aid For Fracking"
"North Dakota officials say they want to repurpose $16 million in federal coronavirus aid and spend it on grants to encourage fracking instead of using it to clean up abandoned oil well sites."
Source: AP, 10/23/2020
"Satellites Put the World’s Biggest Methane Emitters on the Map"
"Now the companies and countries responsible for a powerful greenhouse gas won’t be able to hide from view."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/22/2020
Environmental Groups Sue DHS Over Use Of Tear Gas At Portland Protests
"Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday for using tear gas at the protests in Portland, Ore."
Source: The Hill, 10/21/2020
Court Lets Exide Abandon CA Toxic Site. Taxpayers Will Fund Cleanup
"A bankruptcy court ruled Friday that Exide Technologies may abandon its shuttered battery recycling plant in Vernon, leaving a massive cleanup of lead and other toxic pollutants at the site and in surrounding neighborhoods to California taxpayers."
Source: LA Times, 10/19/2020
"Wildfire Smoke Can Spread Toxics to Water, Soil, and Elsewhere"
"Wildfires leave behind more than scorched earth and destroyed homes: Rising smoke plumes can contain chemicals that disperse not only into the air but in soil, water, indoor dust, and even wildlife."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/16/2020
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