"Big Plastic Asks for $1 Billion Coronavirus Bailout"
"The plastic industry is asking Congress for $1 billion to bail out plastic recycling during the coronavirus crisis."
Source: The Intercept, 04/29/2020
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Developers Put Plastics Plant in Ohio on Indefinite Hold, Cite Virus
"The developers of a proposed plastics manufacturing plant in Ohio on Friday indefinitely delayed a final decision on whether to proceed, citing economic uncertainties around the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/28/2020
"Dry Cleaning Solvent Carries Unreasonable Public Risk, EPA Finds"
"A common solvent used to dry clean, make refrigerants, and clean muck from industrial equipment appears to have the potential to harm people’s nervous systems, the EPA said on Monday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/28/2020
"EPA Faces Court Over Backing Of Monsanto's Controversial Crop System"
"The US Environmental Protection Agency is due in federal court on Tuesday to answer allegations that it broke the law to support a Monsanto system that has triggered “widespread” crop damage over the last few summers and continues to threaten farms across the country."
Source: Guardian, 04/21/2020
"White House Moves To Weaken EPA Rule On Toxic Compounds"
"The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to limit the use of a toxic industrial compound in consumer products, according to communications between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: AP, 04/20/2020
"Making Toxic-Free Births A Christian Issue"
"Christian groups fiercely defend the rights of the unborn but have long neglected to advocate for pollution-free births and childhoods. Some evangelicals are trying to change that."
Source: EHN, 04/15/2020
"EPA Charts Path To Suspend Hazardous Waste Cleanup Amid Coronavirus"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced that the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and other pollution spills may be slowed or paused during the coronavirus outbreak."
Source: The Hill, 04/13/2020
"Sewage Sludge Spreading Leads To Farm Groundwater PFAS Contamination"
"The long-standing practice of spreading treated sewage sludge and septage on farm fields has contaminated groundwater in some areas with PFAS, recent sampling shows."
Source: VTDigger, 04/13/2020
EPA Skips Normal Public Process To OK BASF’s Cancer-Linked Pesticide
"This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that soybean farmers in 25 states are now able to spray a pesticide that the agency has determined is likely to cause cancer and drift hundreds of feet from where it is applied."
Source: Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, 04/13/2020
Cargill-Led Fund To Pay Farmers For Carbon Capture, Exchange Credits
"Global commodities trader Cargill Inc starting this spring will pay American farmers for capturing carbon in their field soils and cutting fertilizer runoff, an executive said."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2020
