Children are getting sick and dying in a small county in Indiana, and some of the parents of those children are staunch Trump supporters who are now looking to their President to do something about what’s causing an inordinately high number of childhood cancer deaths. Johnson County has a population of less than 150,000, yet it is seeing a high … [Read more...]
Workers Exposed to Coal Ash Face Long Road to Compensation
Workers responsible for cleaning up a catastrophic coal ash spill in Tennessee will have the opportunity to prove their illnesses were the result of their exposure to the coal ash after a federal jury found Jacobs Engineering did not exercise reasonable care for their health. However, the workers have a difficult task in making their case, and … [Read more...]
Trump’s EPA Proposes Looser Carbon Limits On New Coal Plants
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed rolling back an Obama-era rule requiring new U.S. coal plants to slash carbon emissions, according to Reuters. It's a move that could crack open the door in coming years for new plants fired by the fossil fuel. The move to revive the ailing coal industry, caused an uproar among environmental … [Read more...]
Lead Poisoning Epidemic Engulfs Syracuse, New York
Lead-Based Paint Harming Hundreds of Children in Low-Income Areas The dangers of lead are nothing new. For over 100 years, people have been aware exposure to lead can cause a variety of health problems, and that children are particularly at risk. But lead-based dangers were considered relatively under control. Lead has been banned from gasoline, … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Lays Out Deregulatory Agenda
The Trump Administration recently released its “Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,” the document laying out a broad picture of how the administration intends to approach regulation – or, more accurately, de-regulation – for the near future. Released in October, the agenda describes an administration that is … [Read more...]
Families in SC File Lawsuit Over Toxic Mess After Hurricane
Cheraw, South Carolina residents have lost everything, they said, because their homes and properties have been ruined by a toxic mess that was pushed onto their land during the 22 inches of rain that flooded their area of the Carolinas during Hurricane Florence. One couple, George and Catherine Martin, want to sell their house and property, but … [Read more...]
Toxin Levels High in Some Detroit Schools’ Water
A recent report shows that 57 schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District have shown dangerous levels of copper and lead, and many schools’ results are not even available yet, which means that number is likely to rise. These results were made public as the school district is actively developing plans to make drinking water safe in … [Read more...]
Trump’s EPA Seeks to Weaken Mercury Requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says on its website: “If you break a thermometer while using it or if you improperly dispose of it, the thermometer will release mercury vapors that are harmful to human and ecological health.” There is no dispute that mercury is a toxic gas; it can cause brain damage, is a threat to child development … [Read more...]
Gas and Oil Production Safety Requirements Relaxed by Trump
Offshore gas and oil production safety rules and regulations have been relaxed and even removed to support Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” goals. Many of the requirements put into place following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 crewmen in April 2010 have been rolled back by the Trump administration in a … [Read more...]
EPA Loosens Rules on Power Plants, Raising Health Concerns
Time and time again, the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency has provided Americans with good reason to believe it is less interested in protecting the environment than it is in protecting the profits of polluters. Now, the EPA is taking what is arguably its most important – and most dangerous – deregulatory step: a dramatic … [Read more...]
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