"The people who wrote an ordinance banning the aerial spraying of pesticides in western Oregon last year aren’t professional environmental advocates."
"The Environmental Protection Agency is assessing the vulnerability of at least 40 toxic waste sites that could be damaged by Hurricane Florence in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. But that review does not include dozens of inland Superfund sites that potentially could be flooded by the storm’s fluctuating path."
"Dozens of toxic coal ash piles across the Southeast are in the path of what is forecast to be days of torrential rains and flash flooding from Hurricane Florence."
"For decades, since a local company dumped untold amounts of industrial chemicals nearby, residents of Minden, W.Va., have been searching for answers."
"New York's governor on Monday ordered a statewide phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioners and refrigeration systems."
"Environmentalists and community members in Vermilion County [Illinois] have expressed deep concern over the pollution from toxic chemicals seeping from large coal ash ponds into the Middle Fork River in Vermilion County."
"EPA's internal watchdog plans to review the agency's Superfund task force — a top priority of former Administrator Scott Pruitt."
"Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped into Pennsylvania's Allegheny River before 2011 are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream, according to a new study."
"As lawmakers convene on Capitol Hill to finalize the latest federal Farm Bill, environmental advocates warn that a House proposal could put public health at risk by rolling back restrictions on pesticides in 155 communities nationwide."
"When Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line racked up a reported $100 million in sales in its first forty days on the market, it brought attention to a major trend in the beauty industry: the focus on women of color."
