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Ask a Scientist: EPA Failing to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known for years that emissions of ethylene oxide —a colorless, odorless gas used to sterilize medical equipment and some food products—pose a long-term cancer risk to communities near commercial sterilizing facilities.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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Navigating the Urban Landscape: London’s Low Emission Zone vs. NYC Congestion Pricing

Greenbuilding Law

Environmental Benefits : The primary goal of London’s LEZ, the world’s largest low emission zone, covering all London boroughs and much of the greater area, is to reduce GHG emissions from vehicles as part of a larger kingdom wide effort to fight climate change.

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3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station

PA Environment Daily

Duran said she also contacted the Department of Environmental Protection about the incident and was told they planned to send inspectors to tour the plant Tuesday (January 3). Click Here for video/sound of a typical release from 2012 to 2019. Written by David Hess, Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. Environmental Protection Agency. billion in farm sales in 2019. Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. He was 19 when he died. They are neighbors to the ag industry.

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Rights of Nature: Seeing the Forests and Trees

Vermont Law

In 2006, Tamaqua Borough of Pennsylvania. In August 2018, the group began collecting signatures for a petition to place the Lake Erie Bill of Rights on the ballot for a February 2019 vote. seeks to both recognize the rights of the lake itself to thrive and to protect the rights of citizens to clean, safe drinking water.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

3] California has long led the nation in adoption of environmental rules, including the first motor vehicle emission standards in 1966, energy efficiency standards for appliances in the 1970s, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and many others. [4] Environmental Protection Agency, 142 S. Times , July 18, 2023. [7]