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Legal Planet
MAY 29, 2024
This post was originally published on the Law & Political Economy Blog as “How Environmental Law Created a World Awash in Toxic Chemicals.” To his credit, EPA Administrator Michael Regan recognizes this and has prioritized the regulation of forever of chemicals across multiple EPA programs since taking over at EPA.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 15, 2022
In a victory for scientific integrity, this week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a long-delayed draft toxicological assessment on formaldehyde, a chemical widely used in building materials, medicinal and personal care products, and furnishings. Public and external scientific review are vital.
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Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. After five months of investigation, and in interviews with more than 40 farmers, state regulators, advocates, and scientists in five states and Washington, D.C.,
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. billion (in 2010 dollars) in federal tax breaks and subsidies for nearly 100 years.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 31, 2023
Last year, hundreds of community members, regulatory agencies, and advocates ( including UCS ) weighed in on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed standards to strengthen the Risk Management Program (RMP). CSB has since completed six other investigations of incidents involving reactive chemicals between 2002 and 2020.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. Coulter has a particularly keen interest. He was 19 when he died.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2024
Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.
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