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EPA set to announce new environmental justice, civil rights program

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is set to announce a new national program aimed at environmental justice and civil rights.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

EPA declares Denver, northern Front Range 'severe' violators of air quality standards as state fails to reduce smog

DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it reclassified Denver and Colorado’s northern Front Range as “severe” violators of air quality standards, meaning more stringent regulations are coming for businesses and consumers are likely to pay higher gas prices.

The Denver Post

EPA inspector general probes Mississippi capital water woes

An independent watchdog in the Environmental Protection Agency says it is investigating the troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital

The Independent UK

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EPA reverses course, rejects permit for massive oil exporting project offshore from Corpus Christi

During the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency exempted a proposed oil export terminal off the Texas coast from air pollution requirements. This week it rejected the permit because of pollution concerns.

The Texas Tribune

Why the GOP makes Jackson suffer

Years of neglect, racism and poor infrastructure have created a "constant state of emergency"

Salon

Polluters could pay billions in fines for PFAS cleanup under new Biden plan

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to include two common ‘forever chemicals’ in Superfund law

The Guardian - US

EPA to designate 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances

The Environmental Protection Agency is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so-called Superfund law

The Independent UK

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Groups sue Environmental Protection Agency over coal ash

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its refusal to regulate some older coal ash dumps

The Independent UK

Popular weedkiller Roundup on trial again as cancer victims demand justice

A long list of upcoming trials complicating Bayer’s efforts to escape the costly, ongoing litigation over the health effects of Roundup

The Guardian - US

Aldi, Lidl and SuperValu praised for tackling food waste by removing best before dates

The policy applies to specific items such as unprocessed fruit and vegetables

Dublin Live

EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane “super emitters” in the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region

The Independent UK

EPA: Chemical in medical-device cleanser poses cancer risk

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing plants in 13 states and Puerto Rico about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in their operations

The Independent UK

WV v. EPA: Some Answers about Major Questions (But Not All the Answers We Need)

My forthcoming article the good, the bad, and the likely implications of the Supreme Court's decision West Virginia v. EPA

Reason

'Time bomb' lead pipes will be removed. But first water utilities have to find them

Health experts warn problems with these "underground poisonous straws" can strike suddenly, and states are getting cash to replace them. But no one knows how many lines exist or where they are.

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Checks and Balances- July 2022

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Irish Mirror

Irish Water reported almost 9,000 incidents to Environmental Protection Agency since 2014 including untreated sewage and explosions

The sheer number of reports lays bare the crumbling condition of Ireland’s national water infrastructure, which has seen decades of underinvestment

The Conversation

To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution

Midsummer is the time for forecasts of the size of this year’s “dead zones” and algal blooms in major lakes and bays. Will the Gulf of Mexico dead zone be the size of New Jersey, or only as big as Connecticut? Will Lake Erie’s bloom blossom to a human health…

The Denver Post

EPA knocks Colorado’s system for issuing air quality permits to minor polluters like drilling sites, gold mines

DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency found “important concerns” with the way Colorado regulators review and issue permits to minor polluters such as mines, asphalt plants and oil and gas drilling rigs, and those problems risked further damage to the state’s already poor air quality, according to a 309-page report…

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The Guardian - US

Anger as Manchin kills Democrats’ climate plans – what happens now?

The centrist senator has seemingly sunk Biden’s hopes of passing a major bill, and among climate activists the despair is palpable

The Texas Tribune

Smog levels in Texas surge during heat wave, bringing worst summer air quality in a decade

Emissions are reacting with the summer heat to create high levels of smog, hazardous air pollution that damages the lungs. But state officials are pushing back on ozone pollution controls proposed by the EPA, arguing such rules would compromise the electric grid.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Supreme Court can’t stop the climate movement

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s power over carbon pollution in West Virginia v. EPA jeopardizes a clean and livable planet at the worst possible moment. Along with its recent decisions on abortion and guns, it seems that the court’s conservative majority has no qualms…

Ballotpedia

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for July 1

Welcome to the July 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: States and the EPA can still regulate greenhouse gases, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling

Last month's decision by the Supreme Court striking down the Clean Power Plan is a blow to the fight against climate change, but it’s not a total knockout. Other existing laws protecting the environment are untouched by the decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The broad powers of…

The Hindu

Explained | The background of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on limiting the Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Supreme Court limited how the anti-pollution law can be used to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by a 6-3 majority.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy

Australia’s net-zero commitment has always just been a matter of us doing our part of the global effort.. But that global effort is now in tatters.

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