One of the country’s strictest opioid-prescribing laws went into effect in Florida on Sunday, July 1. The purpose of the law is to reduce opioid addiction and overdose, by making it more difficult for patients to take the drugs long enough to become dependent. The text of Florida’s new law can be seen here. Opioid addiction and overdose have … [Read more...]
Family Pressures EPA Into Taking Action on a Proposed Chemical Ban
A family devastated by a chemical-related death got the chance to look former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in the eye and ask him point blank whether he would ban the substance responsible for the unnecessary fatality. Pruitt’s response: we’ll look into. This didn’t bode well for the residents of Charleston, South Carolina, who have expressed … [Read more...]
Facial Recognition use by Police: Invasion of Privacy or Crime-Solving Breakthrough?
Whether law-enforcement officials should green light facial recognition technology searches of approximately 117 million Americans with drivers licenses, both at U.S. airports and in police department investigations--or whether the sleuthing technique violates the right to privacy--is highly controversial at a time when 31 states already allow … [Read more...]
Study Sheds Light on Drugs in Water Treatment Plants
A new US Geological Survey study found that water treatment centers receiving waste water from pharmaceutical facilities tend to have much higher levels of drugs than other treatment plants. The study is one of the first national studies of its kind, offering more evidence that pharmaceutical drugs are ending up in our water sources. Jose Lozano, a … [Read more...]
Chemical Safety Board Barely Survives Another Year
In February, it came to light that the Trump administration had plans to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), but once again, Congress has resisted the call. Last month, the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Committee proposed $12 million to fund the Board – that’s $1 million more than the previous year. Then, earlier this month, … [Read more...]
Who Wants Cruel and Inhumane Hunting Tactics? The Current Administration
Inside Trump's Plan to Kill Sleeping Wolf Puppies The Trump administration announced last month that it has plans to roll back Obama-era regulations prohibiting certain inhumane hunting tactics on federal land reserves in Alaska. The tactics in question – known as predator-control tactics – involve the slaughtering of wolf and coyote pups as they … [Read more...]
Sessions Petitions Supreme Court to Narrow Nationwide Sanctuary Cities Injunction
While we await the Supreme Court’s imminent travel ban decision in Trump v Hawaii, due to be handed down before the Court’s term ends on June 30—a decision expected to uphold Trump’s executive privilege to enforce the ban--sanctuary city rulings have been a bright spot for immigrants and states righters protecting their undocumented immigrants … [Read more...]
California Regulators Fall Behind on Water Contamination
In California, regulators have not caught up with the rest of the country when it comes to oil drilling waste management. In most states, it’s illegal to dump waste water from drilling sites onto the open earth without any lining. But in California, that’s precisely what oil companies do: they dump gallons upon gallons of toxic substances into … [Read more...]
The Country Attempts to Pass More Gun Control Legislation
Following the tragic Parkland shooting and the more recent event at a high school in Texas , state and local governments throughout the country have been scrambling to pass gun control legislation. Students in the US have taken to the streets, staging die-ins and other protests to make their voices heard. They seem to want one thing: more gun … [Read more...]
Pruitt Takes Shots at the Environment Amidst Scandal Accusations
It’s widely known that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been profligate with the agency’s resources and may have violated certain ethical standards along the way. A recent report suggests that Pruitt once made an assistant drive around DC looking for a particular type of lotion given out at the Ritz Carlton, and he has apparently made people do … [Read more...]
Senate Passes Firefighter Cancer Registry
Senator Chuck Schumer has been championing a bill for the past several years that would change the way we collect and analyze data pertaining to cancer amongst firefighters. The bill, which he sponsored, passed in the Senate, and now Schumer is urging the lower chamber to do its part in protecting our first responders, both volunteer and … [Read more...]
Court Allows Blue States to Intervene in ACA Lawsuit
A group of 17 state attorneys general, led by California AG Xavier Becerra, will be able to intervene in a lawsuit against Obamacare, thanks to a federal judge’s order granting their request. The lawsuit, filed in February by 20 Republican States, will technically target the Trump Administration, who will probably not put up a fight in the legal … [Read more...]
Facebook Algorithm Excludes Boomer Job-Hunters
Back in the 1970’s, when baby boomers at college campuses across the nation were grooving to David Bowie’s “Young Americans,” communications majors were also captivated by the 70’s media guru Marshall McLuhan’s cult phrase “the medium is the message”. McLuhan’s said the medium is embedded in the message and “synergistically” alters its content, … [Read more...]
Sessions Attacks Pre-Existing Conditions
Jeff Sessions’ announcement last week that the Justice Department would sign on to a Texas-led, 20-state lawsuit arguing a federal court should allow insurance companies to deny healthcare coverage to millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions who are subsidized by The Affordable Care Act—or force them to pay prohibitive prices for … [Read more...]
Administration Slows Down Release of Important Scientific Study
People like Hope Grosse know first-hand the public health effects of per-fluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, having seen their family and fellow community members fall ill, seemingly out of nowhere. These substances, which include but are not limited to PFOA and PFOS, have been used in firefighting foam at military bases around the country for decades … [Read more...]
Hog Farm Critics Achieve Small but Mighty Victory
Ever since filing a civil rights complaint in 2014, the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH) and other activist organizations have been fighting for environmental justice, seeking to expose the racial inequities stemming from toxic farming practices. Taking stock of their victories, REACH celebrated last month, after coming to … [Read more...]
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