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Which state you live in matters for how well environmental laws protect your health

Your child could go to gym class on Monday morning and play soccer on a field that was sprayed over the weekend with 2,4-D, a toxic weedkiller that has been investigated as possibly causing cancer. Alternatively, the school grounds may have been treated with a lower-toxicity weedkiller. Or maybe the…

The Conversation

Truckers collide with EPA over big-rig emission standards - Roll Call

New technology to limit greenhouse gases from trucks may not be compatible with current controls to reduce other pollutants.

Roll Call

Editorial: Railroad deregulation carries steep cost for cities like East Palestine

Three weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which forced evacuations and widespread chemical contamination, the Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern Railroad to conduct the cleanup and pay for the damages. Since the accident was Norfolk Southern’s fault, and it was solely responsible for the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Dublin waste management company among sites listed as priority pollution areas by the EPA

Of the 13 sites listed just one of them was in Dublin and it's located on the Naas Road

Dublin Live

Farm chemical spray drift causing widespread tree deaths, claims community group

A group of farmers, scientists and concerned regional residents say spray drift is causing widespread tree and plant deaths in NSW, and the authorities are not taking it seriously.

ABC News

Waste shipments resume from Ohio toxic train derailment

Federal officials say contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio have started moving out

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to hear arguments on student debt relief program

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in two cases to determine whether President Joe Biden can lean on a 2003 law to fulfill a campaign promise and forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for millions of borrowers nationwide.

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: More EPA Range In AWD Versions, Higher Prices

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 was one of the most popular crossover/SUV models in the United States last year. Let's take a look at the new 2023 model year lineup.

InsideEVs

Governor Mike Dewine ‘injured’ on East Palestine tour as calls mount for his resignation

Protesters chant ‘Mike must resign’ outside governor’s mansion

The Independent UK

2023 Genesis GV60: A Premium E-GMP EV With 248 Miles Of EPA Range

The 2023 Genesis GV60 is a premium cousin of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, available in the United States since late 2022.

InsideEVs

Supreme Court to hear arguments on student debt relief program - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in two cases to determine whether President Joe Biden can forgive student loans.

Roll Call

2023 Genesis Electrified G80: Luxury Sedan With 282 Miles Of EPA Range

The 2023 Genesis Electrified G80 is the next all-electric car model that we'll take a closer look at. It has 282 miles of EPA range and starts at $80,920.

InsideEVs

Salmon company Tassal tried to block release of report on antibiotic use, documents show

Memo to Tasmania’s Environmental Protection Agency reveals standoff with company after more than two tonnes of oxytetracycline used at fish farms

The Guardian - AU

EPA confirms salmon giant Tassal tried to stop public release of report on antibiotic use in fish farms

The head of Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority confirms the state's largest fish farmer tried to prevent a report on antibiotic use in its fish pens being released because it was 'commercial in confidence'.

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Michigan GOP leaders, residents demand answers on toxic waste from Ohio train

ROMULUS, Mich. — Republican leaders and residents are demanding answers on why hazardous materials were set to be transported from East Palestine, Ohio, to Michigan without public input or warning.

Tribune News Service

Norfolk Southern cleared by EPA to resume Ohio waste shipments

Norfolk Southern Corp. can resume shipments of hazardous waste this week from the site of its freight train derailment in Ohio, a U.S. official said Sunday.

WEKU

EPA tells Norfolk Southern to temporarily stop shipping toxic train derailment waste

The agency heard concerns from residents and officials in Texas and Michigan, where some of the contaminated waste had already been shipped.

Salon

Ohio train derailed with toxic chemicals

Trains carry hazardous chemicals every day. They're also dangerously unregulated.

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Norfolk Southern told to pause Ohio train debris removal by EPA

Norfolk Southern Corp. was ordered by federal officials to pause waste removal at the site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment to ensure safe disposal subject to Environmental Protection Agency approval, a regional EPA administrator said on Saturday.

Salon

Big Ag's glyphosate conspiracy

Dr. Chadi Nabhan spent years treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma before knowing potential link to Roundup

The Independent UK

EPA orders 'pause' of derailment contaminated waste removal

Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio involving hazardous materials

The Guardian - US

Ohio rail crash: toxic waste removal suspended amid contamination fears

Environmental Protection Agency orders rail company to ‘pause’ shipments from site pending a review of plans to dispose of waste near Houston and Detroit

The Guardian - US

Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days

Guardian analysis of data in light of Ohio train derailment shows accidental releases are happening consistently

Al Jazeera

Biden orders door-to-door visits after toxic US train derailment

Republicans and Democrats have traded barbs over the rail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which led to evacuations.

Tribune News Service

Ohio town reels from Norfolk Southern derailment disaster

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — On the night three weeks ago that a Norfolk Southern train derailed here, flames erupted from the wreckage and released toxic smoke. Brian Crossmon said his eyes burned and his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son vomited as they were forced to flee their home.

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